8th Avenue & 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 12th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ansonia Storage Warehouse stands 310 feet away, and Memorial Baptist Church is 970 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, three of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
720 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
8 Av/13 St · B61
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    720 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
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/13 St, 180 feet away, for the B61.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/13 St B61
    180 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 14 St & 7 Ave 24 docks in all
    1,260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 352 8th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 July 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2023

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
148 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1890 and 1902.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and August 2026, 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 8th Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 599 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1898.

  1. Ansonia Storage Warehouse Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Ladder Company 122 Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School · landmark
    380 feet
  2. Bumblebees R US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  3. Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    810 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    820 feet
  3. Harmony Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Kolot Chayeinu Congregation Landmark
    400 feet
  2. Park Slope Jewish Center Landmark · listed historic place
    470 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet

Fire and police

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Street or 8th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.