Hegeman Avenue & Christopher Avenue

Hegeman Avenue and Christopher Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brownsville Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Hegeman Avenue.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
New Lots Av/Christopher Av · B15
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Christopher Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    0.5 miles
    3

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 New Lots Av/Christopher Av, 310 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Christopher Av B15
    310 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Hegeman Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hegeman Ave & Powell St 16 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9701 Ditmas Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 630 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Christopher Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Christopher Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    750 feet
Show all 4
  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brownsville Playground
    40 feet
  2. Veterans Triangle
    320 feet
  3. Green Valley Garden
    540 feet
Show all 6
  1. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    810 feet
  2. Osborn Playground
    840 feet
  3. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    890 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Christopher Avenue or Hegeman Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.