Bedford Avenue & Hancock Street

Bedford Avenue and Hancock Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Bedford Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford Library is 700 feet away, and Bedford YMCA is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
520 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bedford Av/Hancock St · B44
Within a walk
22 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Hancock Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    520 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    860 feet
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Hancock St, 120 feet away, for the B44.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Hancock St B44
    120 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Bedford Ave 27 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 87 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 312142.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Bedford Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 138 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1880 and 1884.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    600 feet
  2. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    1,280 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    1,280 feet
  2. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Hancock Playground
    50 feet
  2. Madison Hill Community Garden
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    700 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    700 feet
  3. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    330 feet
  2. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Hancock 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.