Berry Street & North 12th Street

Berry Street and North 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. A-Tech High School is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and 57 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Wythe Av/N 12 St · B32
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Berry Street & North 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wythe Av/N 12 St, 600 feet away, for the B32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wythe Av/N 12 St B32
    600 feet
    B32

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Berry Street and North 12th Street.

  • 78 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 26 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. N 12 St & Bedford Ave 47 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 176 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the pin oak and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Berry Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Berry Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of North 12th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of North 12th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1896 and 1897.

  1. Hecla Iron Works Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. A-Tech High School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    40 feet
  2. Bushwick Inlet Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Green Dome Garden
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dog Run in McCarren Park Dog run
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Banker's Anchor Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet
  2. Public space at 25 Kent Avenue Public space
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Berry Street or North 12th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.