Shore Parkway & East 12th Street

Shore Parkway and East 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Homecrest Playground is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and four places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
940 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Voorhies Av/E 14 St · B4, B49
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shore Parkway & East 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    940 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 “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Voorhies Av/E 14 St, 830 feet away, for the B4 and B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Voorhies Av/E 14 St B4, B49
    830 feet
    B4 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 760 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3003 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1955 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of East 12th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Shore Parkway

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

South side of Shore Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Lighthouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    90 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sheepshead Bay Library
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 246/Ladder 169 Fire station
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and four 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 12th Street or Shore Parkway.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.