6th Avenue & 55th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 55th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Post Office is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
1,130 feet
5 Av/54 St · B63
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 55th 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.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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. 59 St N, R
    0.5 miles
    N 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, 1,130 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/54 St B63
    1,130 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 55 St 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 605 65th Street Gas station
    0.5 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 12 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
136 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 1910 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 55th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 55th 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 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 6th Avenue

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

West side of 6th Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306006 and 336659.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School
    1,010 feet
  3. Franklin Career Institute Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunset Park Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rainbow Playground
    50 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Ridge Post Office
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 24 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 55th 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.