6th Avenue & 41st Street

The three-way junction of 6th Avenue and 41st Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
39 St/6 Av · B35, B70
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 41st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/6 Av, 610 feet away, for the B35 and B70.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …
  2. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 41st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 41 St 30 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
143 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1920 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 135 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 41st Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 6th Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

  1. Sunset Play Center Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  2. Childtime Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    40 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 41st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.