Hegeman Avenue & Jerome Street

Hegeman Avenue and Jerome 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. Linden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
New Lots Av/Jerome St · B15
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Jerome Street 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 six minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Jerome St, 980 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Jerome St B15
    980 feet
    B15

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
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 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 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and January 2018, 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 Jerome Street

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

West side of Jerome Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Boulevard Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Family Community Garden Brooklyn Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Sankofa Park
    1,140 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    1,200 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hegeman Avenue or Jerome 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.