Kings Highway & East 12th Street

Kings Highway and East 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Etz Chaim Congregation is 590 feet away, and the Battalion 33/Engine 276/Ladder 156 firehouse is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
980 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Kings Hwy/Coney Island Av · B7, B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
28 places
10 religious buildings, 7 trade or language schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & East 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    980 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Coney Island Av, 170 feet away, for the B7, B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Coney Island Av B7, B82, B82 SBS · Shelter
    170 feet
    B7 B82 B82 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B82 …
  3. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,040 feet
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1925 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303202, 307738, 313891 and 315784.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 6 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Viva Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Sam Consulting Services Trade or language school
    150 feet
  3. Dialexton School of Allied Health PR Trade or language school
    220 feet
Show all 14
  1. Magic Touch Beauty Inst Trade or language school
    220 feet
  2. Touch Beauty School (The) Trade or language school
    220 feet
  3. Ip Training Trade or language school
    510 feet
  4. Center for Allied Health Education Trade or language school
    640 feet
  5. Yeshiva of Belle Harbor School
    690 feet
  6. Bet Yaakov Mekor Haim School
    730 feet
  7. Charles Stuart School Trade or language school
    800 feet
  8. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School
    860 feet
  9. Ateret Torah Center School
    920 feet
  10. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    1,140 feet
  11. Bnos Israel of East Flatbush School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Square
    80 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Center of Kings Highway Listed historic place
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Etz Chaim Congregation House of worship
    590 feet
  2. Advent Gravesend Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1001 Quentin Road Older adult center
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 33/Engine 276/Ladder 156 Fire station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    200 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 12th Street or Kings Highway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.