6th Avenue & 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 61st Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 34 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1926, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
60 St/6 Av · B9
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av N
    1,120 feet
    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, 340 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 605 65th Street Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    950 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 61st Street

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

South side of 61st 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
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM ALL DAYS

West side of 6th Avenue

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sunset Park Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
    780 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 550 59th Street Pre-K center
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 16 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 61st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.