Avenue P & West 6th Street

Avenue P and West 6th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highlawn Post Office is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Kings Hwy/W 6 St · B82
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 college and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.3 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Ave P 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 Kings Hwy/W 6 St, 1,170 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 6 St B82
    1,170 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
24 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 1928 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue P

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of West 6th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 6th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    1,140 feet
  2. Elyon College
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highlawn Post Office
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.