6th Avenue & 39th Street

The three-way junction of 6th Avenue and 39th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1919 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
39 St/6 Av · B35, B70
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 St D, N, R
    0.4 miles
    D N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 9 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders” (1998) by Owen Smith at the 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/6 Av, 120 feet away, for the B35 and B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 St/6 Av B35, B70
    120 feet
    B35 B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …
  2. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 40 St 24 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11232
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
119 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1919 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Street

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 39th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    560 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 16 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.