Prospect Park West & 6th Street
Prospect Park West and 6th Street meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Rose and Edward Dunn Way by local law. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Saviour High School is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them park features, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- 2 lines at the nearest station
- 7 Av F, G0.3 milesF G
Next trains at this station
Northbound
2 lines- F …
- G …
Southbound
2 lines- F …
- G …
Also within a walk
- 15 St-Prospect Park F, G0.4 milesF G
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park West/9 St, 930 feet away, for the B61.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Prospect Park West/9 St B61930 feetB61
Next buses at this stop
- B61 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Prospect Park West.
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Prospect Park West & 8 St 25 docks in all540 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station1.6 miles
- 99 Prospect Park West Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
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
- 160 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Rose and Edward Dunn Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1903 and 1910.
Trees
NYC Parks records 198 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rose and Edward Dunn Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 20 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 6th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
South side of 6th Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
West side of Prospect Park West
- Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
Landmarks, monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedLandmarks and historic districts
The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.
Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 293 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1900 and 1908.
- Grace Hill, Litchfield House, Litchfield Villa Designated landmark500 feet
- St. Saviour's School Designated landmark770 feet
Monuments and public art
The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Prospect Park.
- Lafayette Memorial Stele by Daniel Chester French, 1917790 feet
- Panthers Statue by Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1898810 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 park features
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 schools
- 1 hospital
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- St Saviour High School610 feet
- Chai Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K820 feet
- St Saviour Catholic Academy School1,040 feet
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- Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,080 feet
- Poly Prep Lower School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,210 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place30 feet
- Prospect Park50 feet
- The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature370 feet
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- Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park Park feature780 feet
- Third Street Playground1,090 feet
- Harmony Playground1,090 feet
- Upper Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature1,180 feet
- Middle Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature1,200 feet
Health care
- Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital1,290 feet
Houses of worship
- St Saviour Church House of worship760 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Prospect Park West & 7th Street 260 feet
- Prospect Park West & 5th Street 260 feet
- Prospect Park West & Prospect Park Driveway 320 feet
- Prospect Park West & Prospect Park Driveway 360 feet
- Prospect Park West & 8th Street 520 feet
- Prospect Park West & 4th Street 520 feet
- West Drive & Prospect Park West at 3rd Street 780 feet
- Prospect Park West & 9th Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 6th Street or Prospect Park West.