12th Avenue & 41st Street

The four-way crossing of 12th Avenue and 41st Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Catherine Alexandria Church is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
39 St/12 Av · B35
Within a walk
31 places
18 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & 41st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 50 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gardens of Fort Hamilton Parkway Station” (2012) by Portia Munson at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/12 Av, 610 feet away, for the B35.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 St/12 Av B35
    610 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 12 Ave & 36 St 21 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2019
  • Turn calming, July 2024

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 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 41st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 41st Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 6AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304180.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Nurtury 58 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Boyan Toddlers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov Faigeh Schonberger School
    670 feet
Show all 11
  1. Yeshiva Boyan School
    790 feet
  2. Polskie Przedszkole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Congregation ML Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  4. West Brooklyn Community High School
    1,150 feet
  5. Twinkle Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  6. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    1,180 feet
  7. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  8. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas School
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Borough Park Library
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine Alexandria Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Congregation Lmaan Achai Bukhorim House of worship
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 282/Ladder 148 Fire station
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or 41st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.