12th Avenue & Ovington Avenue

The four-way crossing of 12th Avenue and Ovington Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 176 Ovington is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about ten minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Bay Ridge Av/12 Av · B64
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & Ovington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    0.5 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “There is Magic Underneath It All” (2019) by María Berrío at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/12 Av, 290 feet away, for the B64.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/12 Av B64
    290 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1302 65th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
43
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

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

West side of 12th Avenue

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

North side of Ovington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ovington Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 176 Ovington School
    370 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Ave. Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    380 feet
  3. Nysarc - Ahrc Middle/High School
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. World of Wonders Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. The Christa McAuliffe School\I.S. 187 School
    1,080 feet
  4. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1258 65th Street Pre-K center
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    600 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Regina Pacis Shrine Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Coptic Orthodox Church of St George House of worship
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Scaturro Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 Ovington Avenue.

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