Hancock Street & Malcolm X Boulevard

Hancock Street and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Johns AME Church is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1910, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Halsey St · B46
Within a walk
22 places
15 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hancock Street & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 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 Malcolm X Blvd/Halsey St, 160 feet away, for the B46.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Halsey St B46
    160 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Malcolm X Blvd 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Hancock Street

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

South side of Hancock Street

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

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 120 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    310 feet
  2. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    850 feet
  3. P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School Landmark
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Shabazz Playground
    880 feet
  2. Welcome Home Garden
    1,280 feet
  3. Patchen Community Square Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    740 feet
  3. Bethenia Baptist Church House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bridge Street AME Church Landmark
    950 feet
  2. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    620 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Hancock Street or Malcolm X Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.