6th Avenue & 83rd Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 83rd Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dan Ross Playground is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Fort Hamilton Pkwy/83 St · B16, B70
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Heydays” (2011) by Amy Bennett at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Hamilton Pkwy/83 St, 180 feet away, for the B16 and B70.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy/83 St B16, B70
    180 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 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & 85 St 14 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 620 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 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 May 2026.

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
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 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
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 83rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 83rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311468 and 312234.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Coffey Square.

  1. Coffey Square Stele, 1970
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Smart Start Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  3. International Bartenders School Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tom McDonald Triangle
    70 feet
  2. Dan Ross Playground
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,050 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Avenue or 83rd Street.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.