Hegeman Avenue & Alabama Avenue

Hegeman Avenue and Alabama Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) is 830 feet away, and P.S. 213 New Lots is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Hegeman Av · B20
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Alabama Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. New Lots Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Hegeman Av, 860 feet away, for the B20.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Hegeman Av B20
    860 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sheffield Ave & Linden Blvd 12 docks in all
    930 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    840 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and January 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 213 New Lots School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prophecy Garden
    330 feet
  2. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    830 feet
  3. Sheffield Garden
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 Alabama Avenue or Hegeman Avenue.

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