Hancock Street & Throop Avenue

Hancock Street and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Garden of Hope is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about five minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1910, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Throop Av/Halsey St · B43
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hancock Street & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    1,320 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/Halsey St, 310 feet away, for the B43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/Halsey St B43 · Shelter
    310 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Throop Ave 21 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hancock Street

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

South side of Hancock Street

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

East side of Throop Avenue

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

West side of Throop Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 70 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1872 and 1888.

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church Rectory Designated landmark
    610 feet
  2. Convent of Our Lady of Victory Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    960 feet
  2. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    1,140 feet
  3. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Hope Garden
    250 feet
  2. Hancock Community Backyard Garden Park Garden
    620 feet
  3. Potomac Playground
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hancock Street or Throop Avenue.

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.