President Street & 6th Avenue

President Street and 6th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green Space at President Street is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
7 Av/Union St · B67, B69
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
President Street & 6th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3
  2. 7 Av B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Union St, 940 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Union St B67, B69
    940 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and August 2024; 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of President Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 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 President Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301122 and 303979.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 127 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1877 and 1887.

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
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    490 feet
  2. P.S. 321 Pre-K
    500 feet
  3. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Old First Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  2. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    920 feet
  4. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Park Slope Playground
    760 feet
  2. Green Space at President Street Garden
    820 feet
  3. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Sixth Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Old First Reformed Church Listed historic place
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 1 Fire station
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    760 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    1,020 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 6th Avenue or President Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.