63rd Street & 12th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 63rd Street and 12th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Engineering Math and Science Academy Charter High School 2 is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them schools, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
60 St/13 Av · B9
Within a walk
7 places
5 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
63rd Street & 12th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    1,140 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
    0.4 miles
    D N

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/13 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/13 Av B9 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    B9
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1302 65th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
43
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

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

West side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1897 and 1899.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah D'Chasidei Gur School
    280 feet
  2. Engineering Math and Science Academy Charter High School 2 School
    360 feet
  3. The Christa McAuliffe School\I.S. 187 School
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. Nysarc - Ahrc Middle/High School
    770 feet
  2. The Detective Wenjian Liu School of Civics and Entrepreneurship School
    820 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1258 65th Street Pre-K center
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Regina Pacis Shrine Church House of worship
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Scaturro Supermarket Supermarket
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or 63rd Street.

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