Hancock Street & Evergreen Avenue

Hancock Street and Evergreen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Tiger Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about six minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Halsey St/Evergreen Av · B26
Within a walk
8 places
6 religious buildings, 1 community center and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hancock Street & Evergreen Avenue 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.

  1. Halsey St J
    0.3 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/Evergreen Av, 610 feet away, for the B26.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Evergreen Av B26
    610 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jefferson Ave & Evergreen Ave 17 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
46 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 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tiger Playground
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Restoration Worship Temple House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Salvation Army Brooklyn Bushwick Corps Community Center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 Evergreen 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.