8th Avenue & 6th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 6th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Saviour Church is 100 feet away, and Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
7 Av/6 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
18 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th 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, 860 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 99 Prospect Park West Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,120 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
137 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 6th Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 8 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 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 452 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1891 and 1908.

  1. St. Saviour's School Designated landmark
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 1 hospital
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    300 feet
  2. St Saviour High School
    310 feet
  3. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    370 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bumblebees R US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    960 feet
  3. John Jay School for Law School
    960 feet
  4. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    960 feet
  5. Park Slope Collegiate School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    830 feet
  3. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Saviour Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Church of the Virgin Mary House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Kolot Chayeinu Congregation House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 463a 7th Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 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 Street or 8th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.