Kings Highway & West 12th Street

Kings Highway and West 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Kings Hwy/W 12 St · B82
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy N
    1,260 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 12 St, 110 feet away, for the B82.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 12 St B82
    110 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    800 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2021
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1938.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-NOON

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309959 and 313504.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Brooklyn School of Inquiry School
    830 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    830 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    840 feet
  3. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    860 feet
  4. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    1,170 feet
  5. Edith & Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    700 feet
  2. Ketchum Triangle
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Highlawn Library
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.