7th Avenue & 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th 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. Ansonia Court stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 53 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1887 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
7 Av/11 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
12 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    730 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/11 St, 170 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/11 St B67, B69
    170 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue.

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 10 St & 7 Ave 23 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 352 8th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 February 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
128 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1887 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 12th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 12th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310844 and 313243.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 325 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1884 and 1891.

  1. Ansonia Court Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Ladder Company 122 Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Ansonia Storage Warehouse Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Slope Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
  2. Maven Valley Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School
    1,160 feet
  3. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  4. Park Slope Little Learners Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighth Avenue (14th Regiment) Armory Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kolot Chayeinu Congregation Landmark
    1,110 feet
  2. Park Slope Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 220/Ladder 122 Fire station · landmark
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Street or 7th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.