West 6th Street & Lake Place

West 6th Street and Lake Place meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Old Gravesend Cemetery is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
900 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Avenue U/W 5 St · B3
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 cemetery and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 6th Street & Lake Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    900 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. 86 St N
    0.3 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky” (2018) by Sally Gil at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/W 5 St, 710 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 5 St B3 · Shelter
    710 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 6th Street.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
43
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2024 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 320531 and 323239.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Cutinella Triangle
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lake Place or West 6th Street.

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