Hegeman Avenue & Hendrix Street

Hegeman Avenue and Hendrix Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 36 is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Van Siclen Av/Hegeman Av · B83
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Hendrix Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Siclen Av/Hegeman Av, 360 feet away, for the B83.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av/Hegeman Av B83
    360 feet
    B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Siclen Ave & Linden Blvd 14 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Hegeman Avenue

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

East side of Hendrix Street

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

West side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. East New York Family Academy School
    760 feet
  2. Boulevard Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 36 School
    1,100 feet
  2. Achievement First Linden Charter School
    1,280 feet
  3. The East New York Arts and Civics High School
    1,280 feet
  4. Van Siclen Community Middle School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Linden Park
    1,210 feet
  2. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    1,230 feet
  3. Fresh Farm Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    1,280 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and nine 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 Hegeman Avenue or Hendrix Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.