Hancock Street & Central Avenue

Hancock Street and Central Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Trinity United Presbyterian Church is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Halsey St/Central Av · B26
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hancock Street & Central Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halsey St/Central Av, 620 feet away, for the B26.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Central Av B26
    620 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue and Hancock Street.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Weirfield St 21 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School
    1,120 feet
  2. Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration School
    1,120 feet
  3. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Preschool · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Irving Square Park
    980 feet
  2. Tiger Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and eight 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Hancock Street.

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