Avenue W & West 12th Street
Avenue W and West 12th Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Marlboro Jewish Center is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay 50 St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Bay 50 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Bay 50 St D0.3 milesD
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- D …
Coney Island
1 line- D …
Also within a walk
- 86 St N0.4 milesN
Bus
The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Avenue V, 0.3 miles away, for the B1 and B4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 86 St/Avenue V B1, B40.3 milesB1 B4
Next buses at this stop
- B1 …
- B4 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 2616 86th Street Gas station0.5 miles
- 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11223
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 47
- Police precinct
- 60
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Gravesend (South)
- Elevation
- 5 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 2,200 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
NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Redpointe' red maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 16 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue W
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
East side of West 12th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of West 12th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center #6 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K10 feet
- P.S. K721 - Brooklyn Occupational Training Center School960 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marlboro Playground330 feet
Houses of worship
- Marlboro Jewish Center House of worship410 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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:
- Avenue W & West 13th Street 260 feet
- Avenue W & West 11th Street 270 feet
- Stillwell Avenue & Avenue W 540 feet
- Stillwell Avenue & Bay 47th Street 690 feet
- Stillwell Avenue & 28th Avenue 760 feet
- Avenue X & West 12th Street 780 feet
- Bath Avenue & 28th Avenue 870 feet
- Stillwell Avenue & Bath Avenue 910 feet
See every intersection along Avenue W or West 12th Street.