East 12th Street & Avenue W

East 12th Street and Avenue W meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Homecrest Library is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue W · B68
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    1,290 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “West Wall, East Light, Morning” (2011) by Mary Temple at the Neck Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue W, 520 feet away, for the B68.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue W B68
    520 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2624 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    910 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1930 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue W

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue W

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Starlight Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. Yeshivat Darchei Eres School
    560 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 1215 Avenue X Pre-K center
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Homecrest Library
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. 61st Precinct Police station
    390 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and nine 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue W 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.