Avenue U & East 12th Street

Avenue U and East 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 153 Homecrest is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Avenue U/Coney Island Av · B3
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    1,260 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Seeds” (2011) by Jason Middlebrook at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Coney Island Av, 70 feet away, for the B3.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Coney Island Av B3
    70 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 49 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1926 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 12th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302710, 310931, 317835 and 323538.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat or Hatorah School
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 153 Homecrest School
    1,080 feet
  3. Nur Kids Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Becec School
    1,210 feet
  2. Bambi Early Childhood Educational Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mellett Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Beth-El Jewish Center of Flatbush Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue U House of worship
    400 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 254/Ladder 153 Fire station
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 U or East 12th Street.

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