6th Avenue & Prospect Avenue

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and Prospect Avenue is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church is 290 feet away, and P.S. 295 is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
5 Av/Prospect Av · B63
Within a walk
21 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & Prospect Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/Prospect Av, 780 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Prospect Av B63
    780 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 17 St 21 docks in all
    1,000 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
116 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Prospect Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    440 feet
  3. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    900 feet
Show all 10
  1. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 295 School
    900 feet
  3. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    1,090 feet
  4. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    1,170 feet
  5. P.S. K053 School
    1,170 feet
  6. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  7. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    150 feet
  2. Purple Playground
    230 feet
  3. Slope Park Playground
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. 6/15 Green Community Garden
    710 feet
  2. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and ten 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Avenue or Prospect Avenue.

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