Bay Parkway & West 12th Street

Bay Parkway and West 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 096 Seth Low is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 18 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Bay Pkwy/W 12 St · B6
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Parkway & West 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    1,250 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/W 12 St, 90 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/W 12 St B6
    90 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    490 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Amur maackia and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay Parkway

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    630 feet
  2. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    770 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    840 feet
  2. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 14 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Parkway or West 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.