6th Avenue & 22nd Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 22nd Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Slope Park Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
5 Av/21 St · B63
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 22nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 25 St R
    0.4 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, 950 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 21 St 27 docks in all
    340 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
109 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of 22nd Street

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

South side of 22nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 6th Avenue

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

West side of 6th Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    1,170 feet
  2. P.S. 295 School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Slope Park Playground
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Church House of worship
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 22nd Street or 6th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.