Hegeman Avenue & Powell Street

Hegeman Avenue and Powell Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brownsville Playground is 60 feet away, and Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
920 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
New Lots Av/Powell St · B15
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Powell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    920 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

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, 490 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Hegeman Avenue and Powell Street.

  • 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
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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 2006 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 554 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Powell Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of Powell Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brownsville Playground
    60 feet
  2. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    450 feet
  3. Green Valley Garden
    450 feet
Show all 4
  1. Veterans Triangle
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    510 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    520 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and eight 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 Powell Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.