Hancock Street & Lewis Avenue

Hancock Street and Lewis 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. The Engine 214/Ladder 111 firehouse is 140 feet away, and Decatur Playground is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Lewis Av/Halsey St · B15
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hancock Street & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Halsey St, 310 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Halsey St B15
    310 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macon St & Lewis Ave 20 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1891 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hancock Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Lewis Avenue

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

West side of Lewis Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 236 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1878 and 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    1,170 feet
  3. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    400 feet
  2. Decatur Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macon Library Landmark
    510 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Bridge Street AME Church House of worship
    990 feet
  3. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hancock Street or Lewis 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.