Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Hicks Street and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dimattina Park Dog Run is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about ten minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and six places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Columbia St/Carroll St · B61
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 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 ten 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 Columbia St/Carroll St, 0.3 miles away, for the B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Carroll St B61 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    B61
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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
    1,260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 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
    550 feet
  2. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    970 feet
  3. Summit Academy Charter School
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    1,020 feet
  2. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    1,020 feet
  3. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  4. Mary McDowell Friends - Middle School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dimattina Playground
    90 feet
  2. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    220 feet
  3. Admiral Triangle Playground
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pirate's Cove Garden
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 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 one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 26 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Hicks Street.

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