Avenue V & East 12th Street

Avenue V and East 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Darchei Eres is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and 26 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue V · B68
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “West Wall, East Light, Morning” (2011) by Mary Temple at the Neck Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue V, 400 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2489 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    520 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue V

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue V

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310931 and 317835.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Darchei Eres School
    620 feet
  2. Yeshivat or Hatorah School
    950 feet
  3. Starlight Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mellett Playground
    590 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Homecrest Library
    760 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 61st Precinct Police station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue V 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.