6th Avenue & 62nd Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 62nd 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. Leif Ericson Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about three 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 religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av N
    870 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
    0.4 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, 600 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 62nd Street.

  • 13 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
    570 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
    950 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    690 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM ALL DAYS

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM ALL DAYS

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sunset Park Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  2. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
    1,040 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 550 59th Street Pre-K center
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christian Center House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 545 60th Street Older adult center
    1,040 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 22 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 62nd Street or 6th Avenue.

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