Kent Avenue & South 6th Street

Kent Avenue and South 6th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburg Montessori is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kent Av/S 6 St, is 110 feet away for the B32 and Q59, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Kent Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Williamsburg Bridge
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Kent Av/S 6 St · B32, Q59
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 public spaces and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & South 6th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/S 6 St, 110 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kent Av/S 6 St B32, Q59
    110 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Kent Avenue.

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Kent Ave 35 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1999 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 307 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
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of South 6th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of South 6th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    700 feet
  3. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Global Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Tickle Toes Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. Williamsburg Montessori School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Domino Park
    310 feet
  2. Domino Park Dog Run
    560 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    510 feet
  2. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    1,030 feet
  3. Public space at Domino Sugar Factory Public space
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or South 6th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.