Avenue R & Hendrickson Street

Avenue R and Hendrickson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 309/Ladder 159 firehouse is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatbush Av/Avenue R, is 370 feet away for the B9 and B41, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Flatbush Av/Avenue R · B9, B41
Within a walk
7 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 fire station and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue R & Hendrickson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Avenue R, 370 feet away, for the B9 and B41.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Avenue R B9, B41 · Shelter
    370 feet
    B9 B41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1,030 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Avenue R

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM

South side of Avenue R

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322248 and 324325.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 207 Elizabeth G. Leary School
    1,030 feet
  2. First Noah's Ark Universal Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Trust Triangle
    320 feet
  2. Power Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Flatbush House of worship
    160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ryder Retail Post Office
    390 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 309/Ladder 159 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 15 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue R or Hendrickson Street.

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