6th Avenue & 60th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 60th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn, and is also named Sisters of St. Joseph Boulevard by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rainbow Playground is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
60 St/6 Av · B9
Within a walk
11 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av N
    0.3 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St N, R
    0.3 miles
    N R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MADE WITH LOVE” (2019) by Olalekan Jeyifous at the 8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/6 Av, 100 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 60 St 22 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 605 65th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
104 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sisters of St. Joseph Boulevard, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,400 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the pin oak and the swamp white oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sisters of St. Joseph Boulevard.

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 April 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 60th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 60th Street

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

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sunset Park Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    230 feet
  2. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
    510 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 550 59th Street Pre-K center
    510 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  3. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  4. Happy Dragon - Brooklyn School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rainbow Playground
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 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 60th 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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.