Wyckoff Avenue & Hancock Street

Wyckoff Avenue and Hancock Street meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Robert E. Peary School is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Wyckoff Av/Jefferson Av · B26
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wyckoff Avenue & Hancock Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St L
    630 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wyckoff Av/Jefferson Av, 40 feet away, for the B26.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wyckoff Av/Jefferson Av B26
    40 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hancock Street and Wyckoff Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Wyckoff Ave 24 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    690 feet
  2. 391 Weirfield Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
34 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
83 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Hancock Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Wyckoff Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Wyckoff Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Robert E. Peary School
    860 feet
  2. P.S. 239 School
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cornelia-Putnam Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hancock Street or Wyckoff Avenue.

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