East 12th Street & Avenue R

East 12th Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Square is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue R · B68
Within a walk
18 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. 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 R, 340 feet away, for the B68.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue R B68 · Shelter
    340 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1932 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Avenue R

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue R

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307738 and 313891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    440 feet
  2. Ateret Torah Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    710 feet
  3. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 12
  1. Little Pickles Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
  2. Sam Consulting Services Trade or language school
    770 feet
  3. Bet Yaakov Ateret Torah School
    800 feet
  4. Bet Yakov Ateret Torah High School
    800 feet
  5. Viva Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  6. Dialexton School of Allied Health PR Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  7. Magic Touch Beauty Inst Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  8. Touch Beauty School (The) Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  9. Prospect Park Bnos Leah High Sch School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Square
    890 feet
  2. Kelly Park Playground
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue R or East 12th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.