Thomas S Boyland Street & Hegeman Avenue

Thomas S Boyland Street and Hegeman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 1,020 feet away, and Brooklyn Democracy Academy is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hegeman Av/Thomas S Boyland St, is 70 feet away for the B15 and B35, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Hegeman Av/Thomas S Boyland St · B15, B35
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thomas S Boyland Street & Hegeman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hegeman Av/Thomas S Boyland St, 70 feet away, for the B15 and B35.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hegeman Av/Thomas S Boyland St B15, B35 · Shelter
    70 feet
    B15 B35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hegeman Ave & Amboy St 23 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1408 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1930 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 181 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

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 October 2014 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hegeman Avenue

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

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

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

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    670 feet
  2. Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek School
    1,030 feet
  3. Brooklyn Democracy Academy School
    1,140 feet
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  1. Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy) School
    1,140 feet
  2. Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
    1,140 feet
  3. Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Osborn Playground
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hegeman Avenue or Thomas S Boyland Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.