Hicks Street & Grace Court Alley

Hicks Street and Grace Court Alley meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Engine 224 firehouse is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
25 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Grace Court Alley Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Henry St, 0.3 miles away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Henry St B61, B63 · Countdown sign
    0.3 miles
    B61 B63
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montague St & Hicks St 36 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2014.

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grace Court Alley

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Grace Court Alley

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Hicks Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 505 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1847 and 1890.

  1. Hotel Bossert Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Neighborhood Houses (Settlement House) Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. St. Charles Orthopedic Hospital Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    120 feet
  2. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    400 feet
  3. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    800 feet
Show all 10
  1. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  4. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  5. MS Lam Montessori School
    1,100 feet
  6. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    1,240 feet
  7. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    700 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    760 feet
  3. Pierrepont Playground
    1,070 feet
Show all 7
  1. Adam Yauch Park
    1,120 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    1,260 feet
  4. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Landmark
    120 feet
  2. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 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.