Avenue U & West 12th Street

Avenue U and West 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Meucci Triangle is 40 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 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Avenue U/W 12 St · B3
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    1,200 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
    0.3 miles
    D
  2. 86 St N
    0.4 miles
    N

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 Avenue U/W 12 St, 40 feet away, for the B3.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 12 St B3
    40 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    580 feet
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
43
Police precinct
61 and 62 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Avenue U

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM

East side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 12th Street

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Meucci Triangle.

  1. Antonio Meucci Memorial Statue, 1989
    60 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  2. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Gesher Yehuda School
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  2. Cts Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Meucci Triangle
    40 feet
  2. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    310 feet
  3. Lafayette Playground
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Scarangella Park Playground
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    360 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or West 12th Street.

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