East 12th Street & Neptune Avenue

East 12th Street and Neptune Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 246/Ladder 169 firehouse is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Neptune Av/Brighton 10 St · B4
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.4 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, 90 feet away, for the B4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Neptune Avenue.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & East 14th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3046 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 15 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1932 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 12th Street

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

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Neptune Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 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
    750 feet
  2. Shandor Institute Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. I.S. 98 Bay Academy School
    1,180 feet
Show all 6
  1. BAM Bam's Playhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet
  2. Gummy Bears Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  3. Tiny Titans DCC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 246/Ladder 169 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.