East 12th Street & Locust Avenue

East 12th Street and Locust Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Agudas Achim of Midwood is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Avenue M/Coney Island Av · B9
Within a walk
28 places
12 religious buildings, 10 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    1,200 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/Coney Island Av, 470 feet away, for the B9.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/Coney Island Av B9
    470 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 March 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 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

West side of East 12th Street

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

North side of Locust Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Locust Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 4PM-7PM 3 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 321755.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    290 feet
  2. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    290 feet
  3. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    290 feet
Show all 16
  1. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    580 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    750 feet
  4. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel School
    830 feet
  5. Peer Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    840 feet
  6. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  7. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    930 feet
  8. Shaare Torah School
    930 feet
  9. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  10. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel School
    1,030 feet
  11. Yesodot Hatorah-Girls School
    1,120 feet
  12. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School
    1,140 feet
  13. Edward R. Murrow High School
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    430 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 17 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 12th Street or Locust 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.