Hegeman Avenue & Elton Street

Hegeman Avenue and Elton Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Elton Playground is 660 feet away, and P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them playgrounds, and five places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
17 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
New Lots Av/Elton St · B15
Within a walk
10 places
2 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Elton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    1,310 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Elton St, 950 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Elton St B15 · Shelter
    950 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Warwick St & Hegeman Ave 14 docks in all
    810 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
    0.8 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
14 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 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and January 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elton Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Elton 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

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Achievement First Aspire Charter School
    1,310 feet
  3. P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Family Community Garden Brooklyn Garden
    380 feet
  2. Linwood Playground
    520 feet
  3. Elton Playground
    660 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    1,280 feet

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 Elton 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.