Avenue N & East 12th Street

Avenue N and East 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue N · B68
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave M 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 “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue N, 360 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue N B68
    360 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue N

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Avenue N

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 306232.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School
    90 feet
  2. Yesodot Hatorah-Girls School
    100 feet
  3. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel School
    540 feet
Show all 12
  1. Peer Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    750 feet
  2. Shaare Torah School
    770 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    860 feet
  4. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    890 feet
  5. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  6. Imagine Academy School
    1,140 feet
  7. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    1,150 feet
  8. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  9. Ucp of NYC - William O'Connor Midwo School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brendan Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and ten 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue N 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.