South 6th Street & Dunham Place

South 6th Street and Dunham Place meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Domino Park is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 32 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Kent Av/S 6 St · B32, Q59
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South 6th Street & Dunham Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.5 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/S 6 St, 350 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Kent Ave 35 docks in all
    580 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 mile
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 362 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Dunham Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Dunham Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of South 6th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built in 1870.

  1. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    310 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    470 feet
  3. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    550 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Global Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Domino Park
    550 feet
  2. Domino Park Dog Run
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    690 feet
  2. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet
  3. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Domino Sugar Factory Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings County Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dunham Place or South 6th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.