Hicks Street & Creamer Street
Hicks Street and Creamer Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Red Hook Recreation Area is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lorraine St/Hicks St, is 340 feet away for the B57 and B61. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Lorraine St/Hicks St, 340 feet away, for the B57 and B61.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lorraine St/Hicks St B57, B61340 feetB57 B61
Next buses at this stop
- B57 …
- B61 …
Cycling
- 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Columbia St & Lorraine St 37 docks in all770 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 354 Hamilton Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11231
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 38
- Police precinct
- 76
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the Norway maple.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 parks
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- Bbru Lorraine Pre-K510 feet
- Bubble Bees Day Care - Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5520 feet
- Bumblebees-R-Us Preschool, ages 2 to 5520 feet
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- Basis Independent Brooklyn School970 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Red Hook Recreation Area Park30 feet
- Bush Clinton Playground1,170 feet
- Todd Triangle1,200 feet
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- Red Hook Community Farm in Red Hook Recreation Area Park feature1,240 feet
Community centers and public services
- Red Hook Recreation Center Landmark1,020 feet
- Red Hook Park Pool Swimming pool1,070 feet
Supermarkets
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket680 feet
- CTown Supermarket1,120 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Hicks Street & Lorraine Street 260 feet
- Hicks Street & Bay Street 270 feet
- Hicks Street & Bush Street 500 feet
- Columbia Street & Creamer Street 510 feet
- Henry Street & Lorraine Street 720 feet
- Henry Street & Bay Street 730 feet
- Hicks Street & Centre Mall 750 feet
- Columbia Street & Lorraine Street 760 feet
See every intersection along Creamer Street or Hicks Street.