6th Avenue & 5th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 5th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Park Slope United Methodist Church is 720 feet away, and Park Slope Library is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
5 Av/5 St · B63
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.5 miles
    F G R

Bus

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

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/5 St B63 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    860 feet
    B63
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 St & 6 Ave 23 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,280 feet

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.

  • 5 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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 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
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 6th Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1876 and 1877.

  1. Public School 39 Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  2. P.S. 039 Henry Bristow School
    810 feet
  3. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
Show all 10
  1. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    1,110 feet
  2. John Jay School for Law School
    1,110 feet
  3. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    1,110 feet
  4. Park Slope Collegiate School
    1,110 feet
  5. M.S. 51 William Alexander School
    1,120 feet
  6. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  7. Regina's Playschool Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    1,080 feet
  2. J.J. Byrne Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Library
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Slope United Methodist Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Prospect Park YMCA Recreation center
    1,020 feet
  2. Older adult center at 463a 7th Street Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Street or 6th Avenue.

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