60th Street & 12th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 60th Street and 12th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
60 St/12 Av · B9
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Street & 12th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    1,270 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.3 miles
    D N
  2. 55 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “There is Magic Underneath It All” (2019) by María Berrío at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/12 Av, 100 feet away, for the B9.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/12 Av B9
    100 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1105 60th Street Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes 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 September 2025.

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 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 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and June 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 60th Street

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

South side of 60th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 323226.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mount Early Bloomers Preschool
    1,000 feet
  2. B 'above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Bnos Perel School
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Nurtury 58 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet
  2. Weehive Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,280 feet
  3. Carrie Mastronardi Early Childhood Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. St Frances de Chantal RC Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 5901 13th Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 247 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Scaturro Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or 60th Street.

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