Bergen Street & 6th Avenue

Bergen Street and 6th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 49 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 180 feet to the 78th Precinct. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 90 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bergen Street.

Safety record
15 hurt
49 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Flatbush Av/Bergen St · B41, B67
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & 6th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    70 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    1,290 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R
  2. 7 Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Bergen St, 230 feet away, for the B41 and B67.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Bergen St B41, B67
    230 feet
    B41 B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bergen Street.

  • 130 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Flatbush Ave 33 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 49 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 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 June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 749 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Bergen Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Bergen Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 236 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1869 and 1886.

  1. The Carleton Club Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Church of God Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    390 feet
  2. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    450 feet
  3. Design Works High School
    450 feet
Show all 7
  1. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    1,170 feet
  4. P.S. K077 School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dean Playground
    260 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. 78th Precinct Police station
    180 feet
  2. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,130 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    970 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 90 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Avenue or Bergen Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.