6th Avenue & Lincoln Place

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and Lincoln Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies on the edge of the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sixth Ave Baptist Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
7 Av/Lincoln Pl · B67, B69
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & Lincoln Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q
  2. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Lincoln Pl, 820 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Lincoln Pl B67, B69
    820 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lincoln Place.

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Berkeley Pl & 6 Ave 41 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

  • 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 October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1882 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

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

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Lincoln Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 368 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1877 and 1887.

  1. The Rectory of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    640 feet
  2. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    660 feet
  3. St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    200 feet
  2. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    260 feet
  3. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
Show all 12
  1. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    950 feet
  2. P.S. K077 School
    950 feet
  3. Berkeley-Carroll School
    970 feet
  4. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  5. P.S. 321 Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  6. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,170 feet
  7. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet
  8. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,270 feet
  9. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Park Slope Playground
    360 feet
  2. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    580 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sixth Ave Baptist Church Landmark
    100 feet
  2. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. Memorial Presbyterian Church Landmark
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Grace United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 1 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and five 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 Lincoln Place.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.