7th Avenue & 6th Street at Paulding Street

The five-way junction of 7th Avenue, 6th Street and Paulding Street is in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Navy Yard Ferry Landing is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Cumberland St, is 670 feet away for the B57 and B69, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and eight places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Flushing Av/Cumberland St · B57, B69
Within a walk
3 places
1 ferry landing, 1 fire station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 6th Street at Paulding Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Cumberland St, 670 feet away, for the B57 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Cumberland St B57, B69
    670 feet
    B57 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dock 72 Way & Market St 22 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 60 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1915.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 6th Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 6th Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309782 and 336119.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oxport Playground
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. Marine Battlion/Marine 6 Fire station · listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Brooklyn Navy Yard Ferry Landing
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Street, 7th Avenue or Paulding Street.

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.