East 6th Street & Brighton Court
East 6th Street and Brighton Court meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Young Israel of Sheepshead Bay is 480 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue Z/Hubbard St, is 460 feet away for the B36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue Z/Hubbard St, 460 feet away, for the B36.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue Z/Hubbard St B36460 feetB36
Next buses at this stop
- B36 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2624 Coney Island Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.3 miles
- 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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)
- Gravesend (South)
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Brighton Court
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Brighton Court
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 6th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 ambulance station
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Five Stars Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K480 feet
- Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5880 feet
- Mommy Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5920 feet
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- P.S. 209 Margaret Mead School1,080 feet
- Neshama 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,200 feet
Health care
- EMS Station 43 Ambulance station1,030 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Sheepshead Bay House of worship480 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 6th Street & Manhattan Court 250 feet
- Avenue Z & East 6th Street 270 feet
- Avenue Y & East 6th Street 520 feet
- Avenue Z & Hubbard Street 520 feet
- Avenue Y & Hubbard Street 760 feet
- East 7th Street & Avenue Z 770 feet
- Ocean Parkway & Avenue Z 840 feet
- Ocean Parkway & Avenue Y 900 feet
See every intersection along Brighton Court or East 6th Street.