6th Avenue & 49th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 49th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. It lies on the edge of the Central Sunset Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Park United Presbyterian Church Parsonage stands 250 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
49 St/6 Av · B11
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 53 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 53 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. 45 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2017) by Mickalene Thomas at the 53 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/6 Av, 90 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
154 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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 January 2021 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 49th Street

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

South side of 49th Street

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • 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 4 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, 145 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
    250 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow School
    430 feet
  3. Little Bell Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Presbyterian Church Landmark
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 49th 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.