Avenue K & East 12th Street

Avenue K and East 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue K · B68
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave J Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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 Coney Island Av/Avenue K, 370 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue K B68
    370 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1929.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue K

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

South side of Avenue K

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

East side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306074 and 320477.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov School
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  2. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    1,150 feet
  3. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    1,230 feet
  2. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue K 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.