Avenue T & West 12th Street

Avenue T and West 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Meucci Triangle is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Stillwell Av/Avenue T · B4
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue T & West 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    1,190 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 25 Av D
    1,250 feet
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky” (2018) by Sally Gil at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stillwell Av/Avenue T, 640 feet away, for the B4.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/Avenue T B4 · Shelter
    640 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    1,280 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of Avenue T

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

West side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Gesher Yehuda School
    230 feet
  2. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. Cts Trade or language school
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Meucci Triangle
    870 feet
  2. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and seven 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 T or West 12th Street.

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