diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index d0a2ff1..72d74f5 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "BlockSparseArrays"
 uuid = "2c9a651f-6452-4ace-a6ac-809f4280fbb4"
 authors = ["ITensor developers <support@itensor.org> and contributors"]
-version = "0.7.11"
+version = "0.7.12"
 
 [deps]
 Adapt = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
diff --git a/src/abstractblocksparsearray/wrappedabstractblocksparsearray.jl b/src/abstractblocksparsearray/wrappedabstractblocksparsearray.jl
index 57b0c5d..9a4a269 100644
--- a/src/abstractblocksparsearray/wrappedabstractblocksparsearray.jl
+++ b/src/abstractblocksparsearray/wrappedabstractblocksparsearray.jl
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const WrappedAbstractBlockSparseArray{T,N} = WrappedArray{
   T,N,AbstractBlockSparseArray,AbstractBlockSparseArray{T,N}
 }
 
-# TODO: Rename `AnyBlockSparseArray`.
 const AnyAbstractBlockSparseArray{T,N} = Union{
   <:AbstractBlockSparseArray{T,N},<:WrappedAbstractBlockSparseArray{T,N}
 }
@@ -414,3 +413,7 @@ function Adapt.adapt_structure(to, a::SubArray{<:Any,<:Any,<:AbstractBlockSparse
   # BlockArrays.jl.
   return SubArray(adapt(to, parent(a)), parentindices(a))
 end
+
+function Base.show(io::IO, a::AnyAbstractBlockSparseArray)
+  return show(io, convert(Array, a))
+end
diff --git a/src/blocksparsearray/blocksparsearray.jl b/src/blocksparsearray/blocksparsearray.jl
index 7d782c8..70bd0b7 100644
--- a/src/blocksparsearray/blocksparsearray.jl
+++ b/src/blocksparsearray/blocksparsearray.jl
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ end
 function blocksparsezeros(elt::Type, axes...)
   return BlockSparseArray{elt}(undef, axes...)
 end
+function blocksparsezeros(axes...)
+  return blocksparsezeros(Float64, axes...)
+end
 function blocksparsezeros(::BlockType{A}, axes...) where {A<:AbstractArray}
   # TODO: Use:
   # ```julia
diff --git a/test/test_basics.jl b/test/test_basics.jl
index 8da0276..b399b58 100644
--- a/test/test_basics.jl
+++ b/test/test_basics.jl
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ arrayts = (Array, JLArray)
     end
 
     # Convenient constructors.
+    a = blocksparsezeros([2, 3], [2, 3])
+    @test iszero(a)
+    @test iszero(blockstoredlength(a))
+    @test a isa BlockSparseMatrix{Float64,Matrix{Float64}}
+    @test blocktype(a) == Matrix{Float64}
+    @test blockstype(a) <: SparseMatrixDOK{Matrix{Float64}}
+    @test blocksize(a) == (2, 2)
+    @test blocksizes(a) == [(2, 2) (2, 3); (3, 2) (3, 3)]
+
     a = blocksparsezeros(elt, [2, 3], [2, 3])
     @test iszero(a)
     @test iszero(blockstoredlength(a))