6th Avenue & 2nd Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 2nd Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Francis Xavier Church is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
7 Av/3 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/3 St, 940 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/3 St B67, B69
    940 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 2nd Street.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 St & 6 Ave 35 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 2nd Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 2nd Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    730 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  3. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    1,080 feet
  2. J.J. Byrne Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and six 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 2nd 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.