6th Avenue & 68th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 68th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leif Ericson Park is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Bay Ridge Av/6 Av · B64
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/6 Av, 330 feet away, for the B64.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/6 Av B64
    330 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 68th Street and 6th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 68 St & 5 Ave 14 docks in all
    780 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
    1,280 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 68th Street

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

South side of 68th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 6th Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Ralph A. Fabrizio School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    460 feet
  2. Millennium Playground
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 68th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.