Atlantic Avenue & Hicks Street

Atlantic Avenue and Hicks Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 111 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. MS Lam Montessori School is 100 feet away, and the Engine 224 firehouse is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
32 hurt
111 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
18 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Hicks Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Henry St, 450 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Henry St B61, B63 · Countdown sign
    450 feet
    B61 B63
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Atlantic Ave 23 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 340 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 111 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 31 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, October 2014
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hicks Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 2 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300361 and 342527.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 351 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1879.

  1. 1st Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    640 feet
  2. The Polhemus Building Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. St. Charles Orthopedic Hospital Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 college
  • 1 dog run
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. MS Lam Montessori School
    100 feet
  2. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    290 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
  2. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    900 feet
  3. Kinder Prep Childcare 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  4. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Voorhees Playground
    160 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park
    250 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    510 feet
Show all 6
  1. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    670 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    760 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Zone 6 Playground
    920 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Ferry Landing
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Hicks Street.

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.