12th Avenue & 36th Street

The four-way crossing of 12th Avenue and 36th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
36 St/12 Av · B16
Within a walk
20 places
9 schools, 6 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 36 St/12 Av, 70 feet away, for the B16.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 St/12 Av B16
    70 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 12th Avenue and 36th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 12 Ave & 36 St 21 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3437 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of 12th Avenue

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

North side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 36th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 36th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud School
    330 feet
  2. Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph School
    350 feet
  3. Little Roses Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    400 feet
Show all 13
  1. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    590 feet
  2. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas School
    820 feet
  3. Kesser Malka School
    820 feet
  4. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    820 feet
  5. Twinkle Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  6. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  7. Yeled V'Yalda - Eval Site School
    950 feet
  8. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,140 feet
  9. Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School
    1,160 feet
  10. Mesivta Meor Hatorah School
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or 36th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.