6th Avenue & 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 50th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
50 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 & 50th 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 eight 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 …

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/6 Av, 120 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/6 Av B11
    120 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 52 St & 6 Ave 19 docks in all
    570 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. 605 65th Street 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023

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
150 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 50th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 50th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303985.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 101 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1902 and 1905.

  1. Park United Presbyterian Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    490 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
    70 feet
  2. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow School
    170 feet
  3. Little Bell Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Presbyterian Church Landmark
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    50 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 50th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.