East 12th Street & Avenue H

East 12th Street and Avenue H meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 46 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bnot Chaya Academy is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave H, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave H
870 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue H · B68
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 older adult centers and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 12th Street & Avenue H Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave H, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave H Q
    870 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q
  2. Ave J Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Bucolic” (2012) by Ed Kopel at the Ave H station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue H, 380 feet away, for the B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue H B68
    380 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Avenue H.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 46 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,836th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 30 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 1920 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue H

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue H

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 12th Street

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

East side of Westminster Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Westminster Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1139 Coney Island Avenue Pre-K center
    290 feet
  2. Step Up Therapy Services Pt, Ot, SLP Preschool
    790 feet
  3. Bnot Chaya Academy School
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Flatbush Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 817 Avenue H Older adult center
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1081 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1075 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 13 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:

See every intersection along Avenue H, East 12th Street or Westminster Road.

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