East 12th Street & Avenue O

East 12th Street and Avenue O meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Brendan Church is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue O · B68
Within a walk
20 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave M Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue O, 370 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue O B68 · Shelter
    370 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
48
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1965.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue O

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 311433.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Ucp of NYC - William O'Connor Midwo School
    310 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  3. Imagine Academy School
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School
    1,060 feet
  2. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School
    1,070 feet
  3. Yesodot Hatorah-Girls School
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Center of Kings Highway Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brendan Church House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Advent Gravesend Church House of worship
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and seven 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 O or East 12th Street.

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