12th Avenue & Dahill Road

The three-way junction of 12th Avenue and Dahill Road is in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Albemarle Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and two places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
580 feet · 2 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Dahill Rd/12 Av · B16
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & Dahill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    580 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dahill Rd/12 Av, 50 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dahill Rd/12 Av B16
    50 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 12th Avenue and Dahill Road.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dahill Rd & 12 Ave 22 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20 Caton Avenue Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2021

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)
Kensington
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as High Victorian Gothic. They were built between 1876 and 1877.

  1. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Visitors' Lounge) Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Residence) Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen School
    260 feet
  2. Mesivta Meor Hatorah 2 School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albemarle Playground
    40 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or Dahill Road.

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