Hegeman Avenue & Louisiana Avenue

Hegeman Avenue and Louisiana Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Breukelen Ballfields is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
New Lots Av/Williams Av · B15
Within a walk
11 places
8 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Louisiana Avenue 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 L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. 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/Williams Av, 850 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Williams Av B15
    850 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hinsdale St & Linden Blvd 12 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Louisiana Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Louisiana Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prophecy Garden
    500 feet
  2. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Breukelen Ballfields Park
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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