81st Street & 12th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 12th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Madeleine Brennan School is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 12 Av/81 St, is 110 feet away for the B64, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and three places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 12 Av/81 St, 110 feet away, for the B64.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 12 Av/81 St B64110 feetB64
Next buses at this stop
- B64 …
Cycling
- 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 8202 7th Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, February 2019
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11228
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 38 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 68
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Dyker Heights
- Elevation
- 70 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 9 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 12th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of 12th Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
North side of 81st Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-9AM
South side of 81st Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 fire station
- 1 library
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- The Madeleine Brennan School280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Patrick O'Rourke Playground280 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Dyker Library1,040 feet
- Saitta House Listed historic place1,160 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 284/Ladder 149 Fire station850 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- 80th Street & 12th Avenue 260 feet
- 82nd Street & 12th Avenue 260 feet
- 79th Street & 12th Avenue 520 feet
- 83rd Street & 12th Avenue 520 feet
- 81st Street & 11th Avenue 780 feet
- 78th Street & 12th Avenue 780 feet
- 84th Street & 12th Avenue 780 feet
- 81st Street & 13th Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along 12th Avenue or 81st Street.