Avenue X & East 12th Street

Avenue X and East 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 1,170 feet to the 61st Precinct. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue X · B68
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue X & 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 eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B 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 X, 550 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue X B68 · Shelter
    550 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2624 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    950 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue X

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-9AM 2PM-3PM

South side of Avenue X

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 1215 Avenue X Pre-K center
    270 feet
  2. Starlight Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  3. Wonder Land P.a Preschool · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. 61st Precinct Police station
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and four 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 X or East 12th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.