5th Avenue & 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 12th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Van Brunt Post Office is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them day care or pre-K sites, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
5 Av/12 St · B63
Within a walk
15 places
9 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.3 miles
    F G R

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
  3. R …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.4 miles
    R
  2. 7 Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/12 St, 120 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/12 St B63
    120 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue.

  • 71 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 14 St & 5 Ave 21 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    410 feet

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 April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 12th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 12th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310466, 331507, 335241 and 338351.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Giocare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Park Slope Schoolhouse Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
Show all 10
  1. Honeydew Nook Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  4. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher School
    1,090 feet
  5. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  6. Park Slope Little Learners Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  7. Maven Valley Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William B. Cronyn House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Brunt Post Office
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    590 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 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 Street or 5th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.