St Marks Avenue & 6th Avenue

St Marks Avenue and 6th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Carleton Club stands 70 feet away, and Barclays Center is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
360 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Flatbush Av/Saint Marks Av · B41, B67
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Marks Avenue & 6th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    360 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av B, Q
    1,190 feet
    B Q
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Saint Marks Av, 230 feet away, for the B41 and B67.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Saint Marks Av B41, B67
    230 feet
    B41 B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & 6 Ave 25 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 307 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 6th Avenue (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 4pm on St Marks Avenue (south side).

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 327874 and 336142.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 332 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1870 and 1883.

  1. The Carleton Club Designated landmark
    70 feet
  2. Church of God Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church School Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Design Works High School
    790 feet
  3. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    830 feet
  4. P.S. K077 School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dean Playground
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Augustine RC Church Landmark
    540 feet
  2. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    800 feet
  3. Sixth Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 78th Precinct Police station
    520 feet
  2. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    1,310 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 6th Avenue or St Marks Avenue.

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.