6th Avenue & 6th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 6th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 039 Henry Bristow is 550 feet away, and Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
7 Av/6 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.4 miles
    F G R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/6 St, 860 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/6 St B67, B69
    860 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 St & 6 Ave 23 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of 6th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 6th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1887.

  1. Public School 39 Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
  2. P.S. 039 Henry Bristow School
    550 feet
  3. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Park Slope Little Learners Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Library Landmark
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Slope United Methodist Church House of worship
    460 feet
  2. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Prospect Park YMCA Recreation center
    760 feet
  2. Older adult center at 463a 7th Street Older adult center
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,050 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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