Avenue O & West 6th Street

Avenue O and West 6th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Elyon College is 200 feet away, and Bnai Isaac Congregation is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
420 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Bay Pkwy/65 St · B6
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue O & West 6th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy N
    420 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave P F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave N F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/65 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B6.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/65 St B6
    0.3 miles
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 6th Street.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue O

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308440 and 313304.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    200 feet
  2. Elyon College
    200 feet
  3. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    890 feet
  2. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    910 feet
  3. Dreamland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  4. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    390 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue O or West 6th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.