Hegeman Avenue & Junius Street

Hegeman Avenue and Junius Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green Valley Garden is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2007 and 2018, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
790 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
New Lots Av/Powell St · B15
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Junius Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    790 feet
    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
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

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/Powell St, 620 feet away, for the B15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Powell St B15
    620 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hegeman Ave & Powell St 16 docks in all
    300 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
    0.7 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2007 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 609 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Junius Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS

West side of Junius Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS

North side of Linden Boulevard

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brownsville Playground
    190 feet
  2. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    580 feet
  3. Green Valley Garden
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Veterans Triangle
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    650 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 11 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hegeman Avenue or Junius 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.