6th Avenue & 21st Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 21st Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St John Evangelist Church is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and 21 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
5 Av/21 St · B63
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 25 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/21 St, 860 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 21st Street.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.3 miles 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
105 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 21st Street

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

South side of 21st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    920 feet
  2. P.S. 295 School
    920 feet
  3. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. K053 School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Slope Park Playground
    560 feet
  2. Purple Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Church House of worship
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street or 6th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.