44th Street & 12th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 44th Street and 12th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Boyan is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
13 Av/43 St · B16
Within a walk
38 places
21 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
44th Street & 12th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    1,160 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 50 St D
    0.3 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 13 Av/43 St, 960 feet away, for the B16.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 13 Av/43 St B16
    960 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.5 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 44th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 44th 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 THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306158 and 333630.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation ML Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    80 feet
  2. Yeshiva Boyan School
    120 feet
  3. Boyan Toddlers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    200 feet
Show all 14
  1. Bais Yaakov Faigeh Schonberger School
    560 feet
  2. Nurtury 58 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  3. P.S. 131 Brooklyn School
    830 feet
  4. Little Munchkins 4310 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  5. YL Support Services Preschool
    1,000 feet
  6. Kiddie Zone 44 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  7. Hadran Academy School
    1,050 feet
  8. A Helping Hand Preschool
    1,050 feet
  9. Cong Darkei Avos Sanz of BP School
    1,080 feet
  10. Darkei Chaim School
    1,150 feet
  11. Cong Machna Shalva I School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alben Square
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Borough Park Library
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 282/Ladder 148 Fire station
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 14 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 44th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.