Hegeman Avenue & Atkins Avenue

Hegeman Avenue and Atkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First Aspire Charter School is 190 feet away, and Cypress Hills Community Center is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Linden Blvd/Atkins Av · B20
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Atkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Linden Blvd/Atkins Av, 620 feet away, for the B20.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Linden Blvd/Atkins Av B20
    620 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Warwick St & Hegeman Ave 14 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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-New Lots
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Atkins Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Atkins Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Aspire Charter School
    190 feet
  2. P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns School
    190 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    980 feet
  2. Linwood Playground
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cypress Hills Community Center
    1,240 feet
  2. Older adult center at 475 Fountain Avenue Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atkins 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.