Rockaway Avenue & Hegeman Avenue

Rockaway Avenue and Hegeman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy) is 340 feet away, and Veterans Triangle is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Rockaway Av/Hegeman Av · B60
Within a walk
15 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Avenue & Hegeman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Hegeman Av, 40 feet away, for the B60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Hegeman Av B60 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lott Ave & Rockaway Ave 16 docks in all
    670 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
    0.4 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 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 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 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hegeman Avenue

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

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Democracy Academy School
    340 feet
  2. Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy) School
    340 feet
  3. Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
    340 feet
Show all 8
  1. Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC School
    340 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    720 feet
  4. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    880 feet
  5. Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Osborn Playground
    270 feet
  2. Veterans Triangle
    970 feet
  3. Brownsville Playground
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Newport Garden
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    250 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 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 Rockaway 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.