56th Street & 12th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 56th Street and 12th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Kehal Yeraim Chust Boro Park is 740 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 26 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
56 St/12 Av · B16
Within a walk
26 places
18 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
56th Street & 12th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 55 St D
    1,030 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
  2. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.4 miles
    D N

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 56 St/12 Av, 120 feet away, for the B16.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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 February 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
53 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and December 2020, 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 56th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 56th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Hearts Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    570 feet
  2. Weehive Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    750 feet
  3. Carrie Mastronardi Early Childhood Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 7
  1. Cuddlesome Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Guild for Exceptional Child-57th St School
    1,030 feet
  3. Hebrew Acad Spec Child 55th St Bklyn School
    1,230 feet
  4. Hebrew Academy for Special Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Kehal Yeraim Chust Boro Park House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Beth Israel Boro Park Congregation House of worship
    870 feet
  3. Toras Chaim Congregation House of worship
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Frances de Chantal RC Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Blythebourne Post Office
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or 56th 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.