Avenue V & West 12th Street

Avenue V and West 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
86 St/Avenue V · B1, B4
Within a walk
14 places
5 schools, 3 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    0.3 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. 25 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cerebration” (2018) by Karen Margolis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Avenue V, 700 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Avenue V B1, B4
    700 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
43 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1956.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of Avenue V

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

South side of Avenue V

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. High School of Sports Management School
    1,150 feet
Show all 7
  1. International High School at Lafayette School
    1,150 feet
  2. Kingsborough Early College School
    1,150 feet
  3. Leaders High School
    1,150 feet
  4. Life Academy High School for Business and Technology School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    300 feet
  2. Scarangella Park Playground
    400 feet
  3. Meucci Triangle
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lafayette Playground
    690 feet
  2. Marlboro Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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