6th Avenue & 46th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 46th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Park United Presbyterian Church Parsonage stands 580 feet away, and P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
49 St/6 Av · B11
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 46th 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 seven 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 49 St/6 Av, 850 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/6 Av B11
    850 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 46 St & 6 Ave 21 docks in all
    40 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
163 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1923.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 46th Street

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

South side of 46th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 202 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1902 and 1906.

  1. Park United Presbyterian Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    580 feet
  2. Sunset Play Center Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow School
    1,210 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    560 feet
  2. Sunset Park Playground
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Presbyterian Church Landmark
    590 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses House of worship
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 46th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.