Avenue S & West 6th Street

Avenue S and West 6th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 228 David A. Boody is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and five places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Kings Hwy/W 6 St · B82
Within a walk
2 places
1 religious building and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy N
    1,260 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    1,280 feet
    N
  2. Kings Hwy F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 6 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 6 St B82
    0.3 miles
    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 & West 2nd Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2020
  • Turn calming, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

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

South side of Avenue S

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

East side of West 6th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 6th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 228 David A. Boody School
    580 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue S 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.