Flatbush Avenue & 6th Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and 6th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 46 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dean Playground is 440 feet away, and Design Works High School is 630 feet away. 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 19 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 92 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
46 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
210 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Flatbush Av/Bergen St · B41, B67
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & 6th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 210 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
    210 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. 7 Av B, Q
    1,200 feet
    B Q
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Bergen St, 100 feet away, for the B41 and B67.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & 6 Ave 25 docks in all
    400 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 46 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 495 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (west side).

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311563, 328854 and 333168.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 295 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1870 and 1884.

  1. The Carleton Club Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Church of God Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dean Playground
    440 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    650 feet
  2. St Augustine RC Church Landmark
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. 78th Precinct Police station
    350 feet
  2. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    950 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    1,150 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 92 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Avenue or Flatbush Avenue.

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, 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.