6th Avenue & 80th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 80th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 716 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Tom McDonald Triangle is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
7 Av Service Rd South/79 St · B16, B70
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av Service Rd South/79 St, 580 feet away, for the B16 and B70.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av Service Rd South/79 St B16, B70
    580 feet
    B16 B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …
  2. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 6th Avenue.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 78 St 12 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8202 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 716 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 964th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 338 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on 6th Avenue515215
Northbound on 6th Avenue201123
Total716338

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11209
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 6th Avenue

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

North side of 80th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 80th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Smart Start Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dan Ross Playground
    580 feet
  2. Tom McDonald Triangle
    900 feet
  3. McKinley Park
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and eight 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Avenue or 80th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.