Surf Avenue & West 12th Street

Surf Avenue and West 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Police Officer Leon Fox Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 474 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Coney Island Museum is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Coney Island-Stillwell Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the D, F, N and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Coney Island-Stillwell Av
450 feet · 2 min on foot · D, F, N, Q
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Surf Av/W 12 St · B90
Within a walk
18 places
4 amusement parks or rides, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Coney Island-Stillwell Av, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Coney Island-Stillwell Av D, F, N, Q
    450 feet
    D F N Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. D …
  2. F …
  3. N …
  4. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. W 8 St-NY Aquarium F, Q
    880 feet
    F Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Coney Island Baby” (2004) by Robert Wilson at the Coney Island-Stillwell Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 12 St, 30 feet away, for the B90.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 12 St B90
    30 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Surf Avenue.

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Bay 52nd Street & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1622 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 474 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,217th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 348 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11224
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Police Officer Leon Fox Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 13 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redcedar.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Police Officer Leon Fox Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 66 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Surf Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING JUNE-AUG 8:30AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY SEPT-MAY 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Surf Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING JUNE-AUG 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY SEPT-MAY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 12th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304534 and 304672.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Spanish Revival and neo-Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1917 and 1925.

  1. Shore Theater Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 amusement parks or rides
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 museum
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School
    990 feet
  2. Coney Island Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. Building Blocks Land Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Luna Playground
    200 feet
  2. Asser Levy Park
    780 feet
  3. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. Beach at W 12th Street Playground
    950 feet
  2. Neptune Playground
    990 feet
  3. New York Aquarium Zoo or aquarium
    1,000 feet
  4. Steeplechase Park
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Museum Landmark
    90 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Coney Island Luna Park Amusement park or ride
    300 feet
  2. Denos Wonder Wheel Amusement Park Amusement park or ride · landmark
    560 feet
  3. The Cyclone Roller Coaster Amusement park or ride · landmark · listed historic place
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Thunderbolt Amusement park or ride
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2880 West 12th Street Older adult center
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. 60th Precinct Police station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Surf Avenue or West 12th Street.

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