Hegeman Avenue & Ashford Street

Hegeman Avenue and Ashford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Lots Plaza is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Ashford St/Linden Blvd · B6, B20, B84, BM5
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Ashford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    940 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ashford St/Linden Blvd, 660 feet away, for the B6, B20, B84 and BM5.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ashford St/Linden Blvd B6, B20, B84, BM5
    660 feet
    B6 B20 B84 BM5

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B20 …
  3. B84 …
  4. BM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Warwick St & Hegeman Ave 14 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ashford Street

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-2PM

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Family Community Garden Brooklyn Garden
    550 feet
  2. Linwood Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Elton Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    940 feet

Health care

  1. Linden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Ashford Street or Hegeman Avenue.

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