Hancock Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Hancock Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,372 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Garden of Hope is 560 feet away, and Bethany Baptist Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Marcus Garvey Blvd/Jefferson Av · B15
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hancock Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcus Garvey Blvd/Jefferson Av, 170 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd/Jefferson Av B15 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd & Macon St 19 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,372 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 598th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 665 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 8 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 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

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

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 151 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1872 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Hope Garden
    560 feet
  2. Raymond Bush Playground
    860 feet
  3. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Decatur Playground
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hancock Street or Marcus Garvey Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.