East 12th Street & Avenue I

East 12th Street and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Midwood Post Office is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1936, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue I · B68
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bird Laid Bare” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave J station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue I, 310 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue I B68
    310 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Exclamation' London planetree and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 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 2015 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

South side of Avenue I

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

East side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309656 and 311703.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    380 feet
  2. Bnot Chaya Academy School
    400 feet
  3. Yeshivah of Flatbush Es School
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hebrew Institute for the Deaf School
    620 feet
  2. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    780 feet
  3. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  4. The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1139 Coney Island Avenue Pre-K center
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Flatbush Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    530 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and ten 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue I 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.