East 12th Street & Elm Avenue

East 12th Street and Elm Avenue 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. Agudas Achim of Midwood is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Avenue M/E 13 St · B9
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    1,010 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/E 13 St, 500 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 13 St B9
    500 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 1938.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of Elm Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Elm Avenue

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    280 feet
  2. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    300 feet
  3. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel School
    310 feet
Show all 14
  1. Peer Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Shaare Torah School
    420 feet
  3. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    570 feet
  4. Yesodot Hatorah-Girls School
    600 feet
  5. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School
    610 feet
  6. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  7. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    800 feet
  8. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    800 feet
  9. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  10. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  11. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 19 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.