Union Street & 6th Avenue

Union Street and 6th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Squad 1 firehouse is 480 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 16 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
5 Av/Union St · B63
Within a walk
16 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. 7 Av B, Q
    0.4 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 5 Av/Union St, 880 feet away, for the B63.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Union St B63 · Countdown sign
    880 feet
    B63
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & 6 Ave 23 docks in all
    560 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1893 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Union Street (south side).

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 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 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301120 and 313225.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 205 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1878 and 1888.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 321 Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    650 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    740 feet
  2. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    780 feet
  3. Old First Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  4. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Park Slope Playground
    510 feet
  2. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Green Space at President Street Garden
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Sixth Ave Baptist Church Landmark
    590 feet
  3. Old First Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 1 Fire station
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and six 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 Union 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.