6th Avenue & Sterling Place

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and Sterling Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church stands 130 feet away, and the 78th Precinct is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 61 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
7 Av/Sterling Pl · B69
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & Sterling Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    1,110 feet
    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
    1,270 feet
    B Q
  2. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Sterling Pl, 870 feet away, for the B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Sterling Pl B69 · Countdown sign
    870 feet
    B69
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & 6 Ave 25 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
67 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 1880 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 6th Avenue

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

North side of Sterling Place

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Sterling Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 429 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1874 and 1885.

  1. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church School Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. The Rectory of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    390 feet
  2. P.S. K077 School
    390 feet
  3. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
Show all 9
  1. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    750 feet
  3. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  4. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    900 feet
  5. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  6. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Park Slope Playground
    920 feet
  2. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    230 feet
  2. Sixth Ave Baptist Church Landmark
    500 feet
  3. Grace United Methodist Church House of worship
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. 78th Precinct Police station
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,010 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Avenue or Sterling Place.

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