6th Avenue & 47th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 47th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. It lies on the edge of the Central Sunset Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
49 St/6 Av · B11
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    0.4 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, 590 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
160 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 1910 and 1924.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of 47th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 47th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 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

The corner stands at the edge of the Central Sunset Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 175 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1902 and 1906.

  1. Park United Presbyterian Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    820 feet
  2. Sunset Park Playground
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    830 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 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 47th Street or 6th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.