Cypress Avenue & Hancock Street

Cypress Avenue and Hancock Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Robert E. Peary School is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and 52 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1914 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Myrtle Av/Seneca Av · Q55
Within a walk
11 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cypress Avenue & Hancock Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Seneca Av, 540 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Seneca Av Q55
    540 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hancock Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cypress Ave & George St 19 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    450 feet
  2. 391 Weirfield Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
34
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1914 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Hancock Street (south side).

East side of Cypress Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Cypress Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Hancock Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401728, 455309, 457797 and 457798.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Thirteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1909 and 1913.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle.

  1. Ridgewood Memorial Column by Anton Schaaf, 1920
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. Robert E. Peary School
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 239 School
    330 feet
  3. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens International Secondary School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clemens Triangle
    420 feet
  2. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    620 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cornelia-Putnam Historic District Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cypress 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.