54th Street & 12th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 54th Street and 12th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Blythebourne Post Office is 730 feet away, and Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 2 is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 55 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 24 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
56 St/12 Av · B16
Within a walk
39 places
24 religious buildings, 10 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
54th Street & 12th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 55 St D
    960 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
    1,250 feet
    D
  2. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.5 miles
    D N

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 56 St/12 Av, 640 feet away, for the B16.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 56 St/12 Av B16
    640 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1105 60th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2019
  • Turn calming, July 2024

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and August 2025, 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 MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 54th Street

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

South side of 54th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 24 religious buildings
  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Ohr Nerov Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    810 feet
  2. Evalcare Preschool
    880 feet
  3. Hebrew Acad Spec Child 55th St Bklyn School
    1,080 feet
Show all 14
  1. Merrygochild 52 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Cuddlesome Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  3. Tiny Hearts Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  4. Yeshiva and Mesivta Wiznitz of USA School
    1,100 feet
  5. Hebrew Academy for Special Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  6. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 2 School
    1,210 feet
  7. Talmud Torah Tiferes Bunim D'Munckacs School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet
  8. Yeshiva Chaim V ' Shulem Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  9. Yeshiva Tiferes Bunim School
    1,260 feet
  10. Weehive Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet
  11. Carrie Mastronardi Early Childhood Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Kehal Yeraim Chust Boro Park House of worship
    220 feet
  2. Toras Chaim Congregation House of worship
    510 feet
  3. Shomrei Shabes Congregation House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Blythebourne Post Office
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 32 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or 54th Street.

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