Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 6th Street

Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton 6th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Brighton Jewish Center is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
130 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 6 St · B1, B68, B102, T464
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 6th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    130 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 6 St, 50 feet away, for the B1, B68, B102 and T464.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 6 St B1, B68, B102, T464 · Countdown sign
    50 feet
    B1 B68 B102 T464
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B68 …
  3. B102 …
  4. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1967.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Mushashino' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Brighton 6th Street (north side).

East side of Brighton 6th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Brighton 6th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Brighton Beach Avenue

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

South side of Brighton Beach Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308419, 310740, 313149, 313296 and 314965.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. Sunshine Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    230 feet
  3. Ip Training Trade or language school
    230 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 253 School
    1,060 feet
  2. Shorefront YM-YWHA of Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  3. Cinderella Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tilyou Playground
    790 feet
  2. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    900 feet
  3. Beach at Brighton 6th Street Playground
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    670 feet
  2. New Brighton Jewish Center House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shorefront YM-YWHA Recreation center
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    400 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 35 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 6th Street or Brighton Beach Avenue.

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