6th Avenue & 4th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 4th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Washington Park is 820 feet away, and Washington Skate Park is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them schools, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
5 Av/3 St · B63
Within a walk
22 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/3 St, 940 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/3 St B63 · Shelter
    940 feet
    B63
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 St & 6 Ave 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
64 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 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 September 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 4th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 4th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  2. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  3. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    1,010 feet
Show all 10
  1. John Jay School for Law School
    1,010 feet
  2. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    1,010 feet
  3. Park Slope Collegiate School
    1,010 feet
  4. P.S. 039 Henry Bristow School
    1,070 feet
  5. M.S. 51 William Alexander School
    1,090 feet
  6. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    1,250 feet
  7. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    820 feet
  2. J.J. Byrne Playground
    920 feet
  3. Washington Skate Park
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 39 Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Park Slope Library
    1,190 feet
  3. Old Stone House of Brooklyn Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Slope United Methodist Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Prospect Park YMCA Recreation center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.