Avenue T & West 6th Street

Avenue T and West 6th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 879 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 833 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. I.S. 228 David A. Boody is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about two minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
400 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Avenue U/W 5 St · B3
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 400 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    400 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 F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky” (2018) by Sally Gil at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/W 5 St, 1,020 feet away, for the B3.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 5 St B3 · Shelter
    1,020 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 833 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on West 6th Street557
Westbound on Avenue T276
Total833

In 2025, 879 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 843rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 423 more were issued.

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

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
21 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 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 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 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

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

South side of Avenue T

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

East side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 10PM-8AM ALL DAYS

West side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308640 and 316210.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    1,060 feet
  2. I.S. 228 David A. Boody School
    1,130 feet
  3. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 13 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 T or West 6th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.