6th Avenue & 3rd Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 3rd 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. J.J. Byrne Playground is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them schools, and 40 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
5 Av/3 St · B63
Within a walk
15 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.4 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 5 Av/3 St, 860 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/3 St B63
    860 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Street.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

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

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 3rd Street

  • Loading only 3 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 3rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    990 feet
  3. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
Show all 9
  1. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    1,280 feet
  2. John Jay School for Law School
    1,280 feet
  3. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    1,280 feet
  4. Park Slope Collegiate School
    1,280 feet
  5. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet
  6. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    820 feet
  2. J.J. Byrne Playground
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Stone House of Brooklyn Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  2. Park Slope United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and five 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.