Carroll Street & 6th Avenue

Carroll Street and 6th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Francis Xavier Church is 120 feet away, and P.S. 282 Park Slope is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
5 Av/Garfield Pl · B63
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & 6th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Union St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/Garfield Pl, 930 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Garfield Pl B63
    930 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & 6 Ave 23 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Carroll Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM SATURDAY 11AM-10PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 333440.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 48 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1877 and 1881.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 321 Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    1,090 feet
Show all 8
  1. Old First Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,170 feet
  4. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    1,290 feet
  5. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Park Slope Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. Green Space at President Street Garden
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    120 feet
  2. Old First Reformed Church Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Sixth Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 1 Fire station
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Avenue or Carroll Street.

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