Gowanus Expressway & Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hicks Street

Gowanus Expressway, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and Hicks Street meet at a seven-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Red Hook Neighborhood School is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Mill St/Clinton St · B57, B61
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hicks Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mill St/Clinton St, 0.3 miles away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mill St/Clinton St B57, B61
    0.3 miles
    B57 B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & W 9 St 19 docks in all
    1,140 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  2. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    850 feet
  3. Summit Academy Charter School
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    900 feet
  2. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    900 feet
  3. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dimattina Playground
    210 feet
  2. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    330 feet
  3. Admiral Triangle Playground
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pirate's Cove Garden
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and two 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 28 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, Gowanus Expressway, Hamilton Avenue or Hicks Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYC City Planning, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.