Wythe Avenue & North 12th Street

Wythe Avenue and North 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hecla Iron Works stands 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them parks, and 44 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Wythe Av/N 12 St · B32
Within a walk
8 places
3 parks, 1 playground and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on North 12th Street and Wythe Avenue.

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 14 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wythe Ave & N 13 St 43 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 256 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 111 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of North 12th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of North 12th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

East side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS

West side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 6PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1896 and 1897.

  1. Hecla Iron Works Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. MS Lam Montessori School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Inlet Park
    500 feet
  2. McCarren Park
    550 feet
  3. Bushwick Inlet Playground
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Marsha P. Johnson State Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Bushwick Inlet Park Recreation Center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Harvest Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.