86th Street & West 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and West 12th Street is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Antonio Meucci Memorial” is 130 feet away, and Gesher Yehuda is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
86 St/Avenue U · B1, B4
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & West 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    0.3 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 25 Av D
    0.3 miles
    D
  2. 86 St N
    0.3 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky” (2018) by Sally Gil at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Avenue U, 160 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Avenue U B1, B4
    160 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    650 feet
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
43
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three 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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 86th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 86th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Meucci Triangle.

  1. Antonio Meucci Memorial Statue, 1989
    130 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. Gesher Yehuda School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Meucci Triangle
    80 feet
  2. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    390 feet
  3. Lafayette Playground
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. Scarangella Park Playground
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 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 of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or West 12th Street.

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