7th Avenue & 6th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 6th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greenwood Baptist Church is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them schools, and 41 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
7 Av/6 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
16 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    730 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/6 St, 110 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/6 St B67, B69 · Countdown sign
    110 feet
    B67 B69
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue.

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 St & 7 Ave 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    760 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
110 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 184 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1891.

  1. Acme Hall Designated landmark
    700 feet
  2. Public School 39 Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    590 feet
  2. John Jay School for Law School
    590 feet
  3. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    590 feet
Show all 10
  1. Park Slope Collegiate School
    590 feet
  2. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  3. Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  4. St Saviour High School
    1,090 feet
  5. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    1,140 feet
  6. Bumblebees R US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  7. P.S. 039 Henry Bristow School
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    210 feet
  3. St Saviour Church House of worship
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Park Slope United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 463a 7th Street Older adult center
    370 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.