Hancock Street & Franklin Avenue

Hancock Street and Franklin Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford Library is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
260 feet · 1 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Fulton St/Franklin Av · B25, T440
Within a walk
26 places
13 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hancock Street & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    260 feet
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    1,000 feet
    A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Franklin Av, 290 feet away, for the B25 and T440.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Franklin Av B25, T440
    290 feet
    B25 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
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 two travel lanes
  • 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 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Fourteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec and neo-Grec with alterations, and built between 1878 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    340 feet
  2. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    650 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    680 feet
  2. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    710 feet
  3. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  4. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Hancock Playground
    100 feet
  2. Madison Hill Community Garden
    860 feet
  3. Crispus Attucks Playground
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    100 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    600 feet
  3. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin 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.