Coney Island Avenue & Hinckley Place

Coney Island Avenue and Hinckley Place meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 890 is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverley Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverley Rd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Coney Island Av/Turner Pl · B68
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Hinckley Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverley Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Beverley Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Turner Pl, 270 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Turner Pl B68
    270 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Turner Pl & Coney Island Ave 20 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    280 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Hinckley Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Hinckley Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 115 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1902 and 1909.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 890 School
    190 feet
  2. P.S. 889 School
    190 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coney Island Avenue or Hinckley Place.

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