Shore Parkway & West 6th Street

Shore Parkway and West 6th Street meet at a three-way junction in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Neptune Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neptune Av
590 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Neptune Av/W 6 St · B68, B90
Within a walk
4 places
3 schools and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shore Parkway & West 6th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neptune Av, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av F
    590 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. W 8 St-NY Aquarium F, Q
    0.4 miles
    F Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Looking Up” (2004) by Michael Krondl at the Neptune Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Neptune Av/W 6 St, 930 feet away, for the B68 and B90.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/W 6 St B68, B90
    930 feet
    B68 B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …
  2. B90 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1,080 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11224
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 in 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Magyar' ginkgo.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 98 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and April 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Shell Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Shell Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 15 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS

North side of Shore Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Shore Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School
    780 feet
  2. I.S. 303 Herbert S. Eisenberg School
    780 feet
  3. Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies School
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Shore Parkway or West 6th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.