Avenue U & West 6th Street

Avenue U and West 6th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lady Moody Triangle is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
410 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue U/W 5 St · B3
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 cemetery and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    410 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
    1,220 feet
    F
  2. 86 St 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, 190 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 5 St B3 · Shelter
    190 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.

  • 34 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 10PM-8AM ALL DAYS

West side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306244, 308640, 320531 and 323172.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lady Moody Triangle
    810 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 21 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.