East 12th Street & Guider Avenue

East 12th Street and Guider Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Homecrest Playground is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1938 and 1970, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Neptune Av/Brighton 10 St · B4
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B 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 Neptune Av/Brighton 10 St, 270 feet away, for the B4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/Brighton 10 St B4
    270 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1,280 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3003 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1938 and 1970.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Guider Avenue

  • Bus layover only 4 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 7AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Guider Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn School of Excellence School
    830 feet
  2. BAM Bam's Playhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,030 feet
  3. Gummy Bears Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Shandor Institute Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  2. I.S. 98 Bay Academy School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 246/Ladder 169 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 12th Street or Guider 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.