6th Avenue & 48th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 48th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. It lies inside the Central Sunset Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Zion Presbyterian Church is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
49 St/6 Av · B11
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 48th 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 nine 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 53 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/6 Av, 330 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 46 St & 6 Ave 21 docks in all
    540 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
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
158 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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 48th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 48th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 332517.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Sunset Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 148 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1901 and 1906.

  1. Park United Presbyterian Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    140 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow School
    690 feet
  3. Little Bell Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. The School of Creativity and Innovation School
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. at 736 48 Street - Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Sunset Park Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Presbyterian Church Landmark
    90 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 48th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.