33rd Avenue & 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 33rd Avenue and 12th Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion stands 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/11 St, is 560 feet away for the Q104, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Queensboro Bridge
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Broadway/11 St · Q104
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
33rd Avenue & 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/11 St, 560 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/11 St Q104 · Shelter
    560 feet
    Q104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & 12 St 31 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11106
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1996 and 2015.

Since 2014 at least 53 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-11PM ALL DAYS

West side of 12th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Mid-20th Century Modern, and built between 1957 and 1958.

  1. Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion Designated landmark
    140 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 beach
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ideal Islamic School
    740 feet
  2. Long Island City High School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Socrates Sculpture Park
    680 feet
  2. Rainey Park
    1,090 feet
  3. Halletts Cove Beach
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Costco Public space
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Noguchi Museum
    770 feet
  2. Sohmer Piano Factory Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Street or 33rd Avenue.

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