Hancock Street & Howard Avenue

Hancock Street and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Halsey St/Howard Av · B26
Within a walk
27 places
12 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hancock Street & Howard 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 five minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

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/Howard Av, 350 feet away, for the B26.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macon St & Howard Ave 20 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Saratoga Square Park.

  1. Saratoga Park Memorial Sculpture by James S.J. Novelli and Anatoly Mikhailov, 1921
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair School
    710 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Heights Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    1,000 feet
  2. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  3. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  4. People's Elementary School
    1,220 feet
  5. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    1,260 feet
  6. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Saratoga Park
    320 feet
  2. Saratoga Park Playground
    480 feet
  3. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden
    990 feet
  2. Umoja Garden
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Westminster Bethany Presbyterian Church House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Saratoga Village Community Center
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 Hancock Street or Howard Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.