Hicks Street & Amity Street

Hicks Street and Amity Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Polhemus Building stands 380 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Columbia St/Congress St, is 880 feet away for the B61, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them parks, and 18 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
860 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Columbia St/Congress St · B61
Within a walk
14 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Amity Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Congress St, 880 feet away, for the B61.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Congress St B61
    880 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Congress St & Hicks St 35 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 860 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
28 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Amity Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Amity Street

  • Doctor plates only 3 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 245 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1848 and 1878.

  1. The Polhemus Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. St. Peter's School (formerly Academy) Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    300 feet
  2. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    420 feet
  3. MS Lam Montessori School
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Voorhees Playground
    40 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park
    770 feet
  3. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    1,190 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    420 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amity Street or Hicks Street.

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