6th Avenue & 57th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 57th 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. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1924, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
5 Av/57 St · B63
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 57th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    0.4 miles
    N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. 53 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/57 St, 860 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/57 St B63
    860 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 57th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 605 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
131 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 57th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 57th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 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
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 6th Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Sunset Park Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  3. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
    1,020 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 550 59th Street Pre-K center
    1,020 feet
  3. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  4. Happy Dragon - Brooklyn School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rainbow Playground
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 545 60th Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Post Office
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 26 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 57th Street or 6th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.