Avenue J & East 12th Street

Avenue J and East 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Midwood Post Office is 650 feet away, and Midwood Library is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
900 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Avenue J/Coney Island Av · B6
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    900 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bird Laid Bare” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave J station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue J/Coney Island Av, 20 feet away, for the B6.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/Coney Island Av B6
    20 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305877, 308858, 309656 and 314098.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    460 feet
  2. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  3. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
Show all 9
  1. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  2. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    1,120 feet
  4. Touro University - Flatbush College
    1,180 feet
  5. Bnot Chaya Academy School
    1,190 feet
  6. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Midwood Library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Young Israel of Flatbush Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    60 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 16 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 12th Street.

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