Van Siclen Avenue & Hegeman Avenue

Van Siclen Avenue and Hegeman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Linden Park is 930 feet away, and Achievement First Linden Charter School is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Van Siclen Av/Hegeman Av · B83
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Siclen Avenue & Hegeman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 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 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Siclen Av/Hegeman Av, 110 feet away, for the B83.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av/Hegeman Av B83
    110 feet
    B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Van Siclen Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Siclen Ave & Linden Blvd 14 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Hegeman Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. East New York Family Academy School
    480 feet
  2. P.S. 36 School
    820 feet
  3. Achievement First Linden Charter School
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. The East New York Arts and Civics High School
    1,010 feet
  2. Van Siclen Community Middle School
    1,010 feet
  3. Boulevard Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Linden Park
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 12 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hegeman Avenue or Van Siclen Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.