Atlantic Avenue & 6th Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and 6th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 61 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 7,360 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 598 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Design Works High School is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and six more. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places and 87 places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
61 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Atlantic Av/South Portland Av · B45
Within a walk
16 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & 6th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    790 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    940 feet
    2 3
  2. Lafayette Av C
    1,130 feet
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/South Portland Av, 40 feet away, for the B45.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/South Portland Av B45 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Atlantic Ave & Fort Greene Pl 53 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1,080 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 61 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 598 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

In 2025, 7,360 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 100th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 3,009 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Atlantic Avenue3,9591,641
Eastbound on Atlantic Avenue3,4011,368
Total7,3603,009

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2002 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 853 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • For-hire vehicles only 2 signs FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY 7PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxis and for-hire vehicles 3 signs TAXI/FHV 7AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 6PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of South Portland Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival (early), and built between 1857 and 1860.

  1. Hanson Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    520 feet
  3. Design Works High School
    520 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Oxford Park Playground
    440 feet
  2. South Oxford Park
    440 feet
  3. Dean Playground
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    860 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Atlantic Terminal Site 4b Community Center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    730 feet
  2. 78th Precinct Police station
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,080 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    100 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Avenue, Atlantic Avenue or South Portland Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.