6th Avenue & 45th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 45th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park Playground is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1924, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
5 Av/45 St · B63
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 45th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/45 St, 900 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/45 St B63
    900 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 46 St & 6 Ave 21 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
167 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 45th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 45th Street

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

East side of 6th Avenue

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

West side of 6th Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 150 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1903 and 1908.

  1. Sunset Play Center Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    300 feet
  2. Sunset Park Playground
    350 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Zion Presbyterian Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 45th 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.