Hicks Street & Congress Street

Hicks Street and Congress Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Van Voorhees Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and 18 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Columbia St/Congress St · B61
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Congress Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Bergen St 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/Congress St, 510 feet away, for the B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Congress Street.

  • 20 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
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Columbia Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1,050 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2003

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Congress Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Congress Street

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

East side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hicks Street

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 185 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1850 and 1879.

  1. St. Peter's School (formerly Academy) Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. St. Peter's Hospital Designated landmark
    500 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner.

  1. Timecast Installation by Nobuho Nagasawa, 2012
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    680 feet
  2. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    800 feet
  3. MS Lam Montessori School
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Voorhees Playground
    40 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    830 feet
  3. Cobble Hill Park
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Adam Yauch Park
    1,140 feet

Health care

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Congress Street or Hicks Street.

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