Hegeman Avenue & Sackman Street

Hegeman Avenue and Sackman Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brownsville Recreation Center is 460 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 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
New Lots Av/Sackman St · B15
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Sackman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    1,140 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
    0.4 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/Sackman St, 410 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Hegeman Avenue and Sackman 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
    120 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 one crash 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 January 2023.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 2005 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 630 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Sackman Street

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

West side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brownsville Playground
    50 feet
  2. Green Valley Garden
    360 feet
  3. Veterans Triangle
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    630 feet
  2. Osborn Playground
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    700 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hegeman Avenue or Sackman 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.