6th Avenue & 40th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 40th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Play Center stands 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 39 St/6 Av, is 360 feet away for the B35 and B70, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
39 St/6 Av · B35, B70
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 40th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/6 Av, 360 feet away, for the B35 and B70.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …
  2. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.5 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
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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 February 2026.

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
131 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 40th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 40th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 6th Avenue

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

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs 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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1934 and 1936.

  1. Sunset Play Center Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 40th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.