Hegeman Avenue & Chester Street

Hegeman Avenue and Chester Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Hegeman Av/Chester St · B15
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Chester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hegeman Av/Chester St, 40 feet away, for the B15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hegeman Av/Chester St B15
    40 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hegeman Ave & Amboy St 23 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1408 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
42
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chester Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Chester Street

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

North side of Hegeman Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Democracy Academy School
    610 feet
  2. Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy) School
    610 feet
  3. Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC School
    610 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    980 feet
  4. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Osborn Playground
    530 feet
  2. Veterans Triangle
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    20 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chester Street 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.