6th Avenue & 58th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 58th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rainbow Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 42 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
60 St/6 Av · B9
Within a walk
14 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 58th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    0.3 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/6 Av, 610 feet away, for the B9.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/6 Av B9
    610 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 58th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 60 St 22 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
    0.3 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Turn calming, July 2025

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
122 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 67 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
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 58th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 58th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 6 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

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Sunset Park Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    310 feet
  3. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 550 59th Street Pre-K center
    750 feet
  2. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Happy Dragon - Brooklyn School
    910 feet
  4. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rainbow Playground
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 545 60th Street Older adult center
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 22 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 58th 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.