East 12th Street & Avenue Z

East 12th Street and Avenue Z meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 209 Margaret Mead is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Avenue Z/E 12 St · B36
Within a walk
10 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 1 library and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    1,170 feet
    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 “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue Z/E 12 St, 50 feet away, for the B36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue Z/E 12 St B36
    50 feet
    B36

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3003 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017
  • Turn calming, December 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1952 and 1961.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Z

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue Z

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303142.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Lighthouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Mommy Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Shirat Rachel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. P.S. 209 Margaret Mead School
    1,130 feet
  4. Wonder Land P.a Preschool · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sheepshead Bay Library
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Z 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.