12th Avenue & Clintonville Street

The four-way crossing of 12th Avenue and Clintonville Street is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Whitestone Academy is 400 feet away, and Whitestone Library is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 10 Av/Clintonville St, is 670 feet away for the Q15, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
10 Av/Clintonville St · Q15
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & Clintonville Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 10 Av/Clintonville St, 670 feet away, for the Q15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 10 Av/Clintonville St Q15
    670 feet
    Q15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    350 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of 12th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 12th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

East side of Clintonville Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Clintonville Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Precious Moments Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. Whitestone Academy School
    400 feet
  3. Pee Wee Folks Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
Show all 8
  1. Anthony Jerone's School of Dog Train Trade or language school
    590 feet
  2. The Greek Orthodox Community of Whitestone, Holy Cross Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Qsac Inc Whitestone School
    820 feet
  4. P.S. 193 Alfred J. Kennedy School
    840 feet
  5. Up N Top Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whitestone Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Whitestone Library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Whitestone Hebrew Center House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Flock Presbyterian Church House of worship
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. North Shore Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center
    1,140 feet
  2. Whitestone Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or Clintonville Street.

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