Kent Avenue & North 12th Street

Kent Avenue and North 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 30 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bushwick Inlet Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them parks, and 27 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Kent Av/N 12 St · B32
Within a walk
7 places
3 parks, 1 playground and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & North 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/N 12 St, 90 feet away, for the B32.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kent Av/N 12 St B32
    90 feet
    B32

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Kent Avenue and North 12th Street.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. N 11 St & Kent Ave 27 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 256 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 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 September 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 30 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,871st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 61 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 16 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1910.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of North 12th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of North 12th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. MS Lam Montessori School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Inlet Park
    40 feet
  2. Bushwick Inlet Playground
    710 feet
  3. Marsha P. Johnson State Park
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. McCarren Park
    1,010 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 25 Kent Avenue Public space
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bushwick Inlet Park Recreation Center
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Harvest Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and three 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or North 12th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, 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.