Avenue P & East 12th Street

Avenue P and East 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. The corner is also named WWII Marine Sgt. Charles J. Sciara Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Advent Gravesend Church is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue P · B68
Within a walk
31 places
13 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue P, 420 feet away, for the B68.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue P B68
    420 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    260 feet
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

This corner is also named WWII Marine Sgt. Charles J. Sciara Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1920 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on WWII Marine Sgt. Charles J. Sciara Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue P

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM

East side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305478, 309038 and 310389.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School
    120 feet
  2. Bet Yaakov Mekor Haim School
    750 feet
  3. Dialexton School of Allied Health PR Trade or language school
    780 feet
Show all 14
  1. Magic Touch Beauty Inst Trade or language school
    780 feet
  2. Touch Beauty School (The) Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Yeshiva of Belle Harbor School
    790 feet
  4. Viva Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  5. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  6. Sam Consulting Services Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  7. Ip Training Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  8. Bnos Israel of East Flatbush School
    1,130 feet
  9. Ucp of NYC - William O'Connor Midwo School
    1,150 feet
  10. Center for Allied Health Education Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  11. P.S. 238 Anne Sullivan School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Square
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Center of Kings Highway Listed historic place
    140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Advent Gravesend Church House of worship
    120 feet
  2. Etz Chaim Congregation House of worship
    510 feet
  3. St Brendan Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1001 Quentin Road Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 33/Engine 276/Ladder 156 Fire station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 15 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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

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