Hegeman Avenue & Thatford Avenue

Hegeman Avenue and Thatford Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Democracy Academy is 250 feet away, and Brownsville Playground is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Hegeman Av/Thatford Av · B15, B35
Within a walk
14 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hegeman Avenue & Thatford Avenue 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 eight minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 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 Hegeman Av/Thatford Av, 40 feet away, for the B15 and B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hegeman Av/Thatford Av B15, B35
    40 feet
    B15 B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9701 Ditmas Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    0.8 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2026
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hegeman Avenue

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

East side of Thatford Avenue

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

West side of Thatford Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Democracy Academy School
    250 feet
  2. Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy) School
    250 feet
  3. Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
    250 feet
Show all 7
  1. Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC School
    250 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    370 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    450 feet
  4. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    620 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Osborn Playground
    40 feet
  2. Veterans Triangle
    710 feet
  3. Brownsville Playground
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    510 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 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 Thatford Avenue.

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.