Hegeman Avenue & Cleveland Street

Hegeman Avenue and Cleveland Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Family Community Garden Brooklyn is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and seven places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
New Lots Av/Cleveland St · B15
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Cleveland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    1,050 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 New Lots Av/Cleveland St, 860 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Cleveland St B15
    860 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.4 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2022.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Cleveland Street

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

West side of Cleveland Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 4 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 4 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

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Family Community Garden Brooklyn Garden
    280 feet
  2. Linwood Playground
    770 feet
  3. Elton Playground
    920 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 15 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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