Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Doughty Street

Hicks Street, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Doughty Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Eagle Warehouse and Storage Company Building stands 340 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them parks, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
18 places
6 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Doughty Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. York St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 120 feet away, for the B25.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Hicks St B25
    120 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Old Fulton St 39 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 240 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Doughty Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Doughty Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 166 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal, and mostly built between 1835 and 1894.

  1. Brooklyn Children's Aid Society Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. The Eagle Warehouse and Storage Company Building Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. The Long Island Safe Deposit Company Building Designated landmark
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 fire station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    770 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    770 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  2. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anchorage Plaza
    160 feet
  2. Hillside Dog Park
    290 feet
  3. Poplar Street Community Garden
    310 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    730 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    960 feet
  3. Squibb Park
    980 feet
  4. Harry Chapin Playground
    1,040 feet
  5. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    570 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St Anns Warehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Doughty 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.