Avenue W & West 6th Street

Avenue W and West 6th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Cutinella Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cutinella Triangle is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
86 St/Avenue W · B1, B4
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    640 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave X F
    1,010 feet
    F
  2. Ave U F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cerebration” (2018) by Karen Margolis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Avenue W, 210 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Avenue W B1, B4
    210 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 5 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    930 feet
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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 15
City Council district
47
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Cutinella Square, a co-naming enacted on October 11, 1950 (Local Law 104 of 1950).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Cutinella Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue W

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue W

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of West 6th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West 6th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  3. Big Apple Institute School
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    40 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marlboro Community Center
    890 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2298 West 8th Street Older adult center
    890 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 12 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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