6th Avenue & 7th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 7th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Public School 39, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 220 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about five 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 47 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
9 St/6 Av · B61
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 & 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av F, G
    1,250 feet
    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 9 St/6 Av, 630 feet away, for the B61.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 St/6 Av B61
    630 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 9 St 27 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 352 8th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of 7th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 7th Street

  • No parking 5 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 18 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1889.

  1. Public School 39 Designated landmark
    220 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
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 039 Henry Bristow School
    290 feet
  3. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
Show all 4
  1. Park Slope Little Learners Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Library Landmark
    410 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Slope United Methodist Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    960 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    790 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    780 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 12 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 7th 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.