6th Avenue & 54th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 54th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
5 Av/54 St · B63
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 54th 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 seven 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 5 Av/54 St, 870 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/54 St B63
    870 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 55 St 19 docks in all
    310 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
    0.5 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 eight 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
139 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 1906 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 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
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 54th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of 54th 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 5 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 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 310845.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School
    750 feet
  2. Franklin Career Institute Trade or language school
    750 feet
  3. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Little Bell Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow School
    1,070 feet
  4. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School Upper School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rainbow Playground
    310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Ridge Post Office
    1,110 feet
  2. Older adult center at 475 53rd Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    990 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 35 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 54th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.