Fountain Avenue & Hegeman Avenue

Fountain Avenue and Hegeman Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cypress Hills Community Center is 190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fountain Av/Hegeman Av, is 60 feet away for the B15, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Fountain Av/Hegeman Av · B15
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fountain Avenue & Hegeman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fountain Av/Hegeman Av, 60 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fountain Av/Hegeman Av B15
    60 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Fountain Avenue.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Fountain Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    1,000 feet
  3. School for Classics High School
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Achievement First Aspire Charter School
    1,240 feet
  2. P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cypress Hills Playground
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cypress Hills Community Center
    190 feet
  2. Older adult center at 475 Fountain Avenue Older adult center
    190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and seven 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fountain Avenue or Hegeman Avenue.

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