6th Avenue & 20th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 20th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 295 is 660 feet away, and St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and 20 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 20th Street.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
5 Av/21 St · B63
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 20th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.5 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/21 St, 960 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/21 St B63
    960 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 20th Street.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 21 St 27 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1,090 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
107 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 20th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 20th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 295 School
    660 feet
  3. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. K053 School
    910 feet
  2. Child care center at 646 5th Avenue School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,120 feet
  3. Hellenic Classical Charter School
    1,270 feet
  4. Hellenic Classical Charter School Park Slope School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Slope Park Playground
    310 feet
  2. Purple Playground
    830 feet
  3. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 20th Street or 6th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.