Hegeman Avenue & Osborn Street

Hegeman Avenue and Osborn Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Osborn Playground is 40 feet away, and Green Valley Garden is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Hegeman Av/Osborn St · B15, B35
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Osborn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av L
    0.4 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 Hegeman Av/Osborn St, 130 feet away, for the B15 and B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hegeman Av/Osborn St B15, B35
    130 feet
    B15 B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Osborn St & Linden Blvd 12 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9701 Ditmas Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

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
19 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 1969.

Since 2014 at least 301 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Osborn Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Osborn Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    110 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    190 feet
  3. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    360 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Democracy Academy School
    510 feet
  2. Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy) School
    510 feet
  3. Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
    510 feet
  4. Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC School
    510 feet
  5. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Osborn Playground
    40 feet
  2. Veterans Triangle
    450 feet
  3. Brownsville Playground
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Green Valley Garden
    1,180 feet
  2. Abib Newborn Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    770 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hegeman Avenue or Osborn Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.