Bay Ridge Parkway & 12th Avenue

Bay Ridge Parkway and 12th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 284/Ladder 149 firehouse is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay Ridge Pkwy/12 Av, is 40 feet away for the B4, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bay Ridge Pkwy/12 Av · B4
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Ridge Parkway & 12th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Pkwy/12 Av, 40 feet away, for the B4.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy/12 Av B4
    40 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bay Ridge Parkway.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7310 New Utrecht Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Bay Ridge Parkway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Bay Ridge Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312911 and 316027.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Little Hands and Feet Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Thursday's Child Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 284/Ladder 149 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or Bay Ridge Parkway.

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