6th Avenue & 63rd Street

The three-way junction of 6th Avenue and 63rd Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leif Ericson Park is 840 feet away. 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 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
5 Av/63 St · B63
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av N
    1,130 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 5 Av/63 St, 860 feet away, for the B63.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/63 St B63
    860 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 6th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 63 St & 5 Ave 24 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 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
    1,020 feet
  2. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
    1,300 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 550 59th Street Pre-K center
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christian Center House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 545 60th Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and ten 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 63rd 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.