6th Avenue & 53rd Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 53rd Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 15 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Rainbow Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 53rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 53 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 53 St R
    0.3 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, 890 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 52 St & 6 Ave 19 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 605 65th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 15 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,908th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
142 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 1909 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 53rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 53rd 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 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 336595.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. Little Bell Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow School
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School Upper School
    860 feet
  2. Franklin Career Institute Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  3. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School
    1,010 feet
  4. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rainbow Playground
    570 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 475 53rd Street Older adult center
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 53rd Street or 6th Avenue.

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