Hicks Street & Love Lane

Hicks Street and Love Lane meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church is 690 feet away, and Center for Brooklyn History is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about four minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Cadman Plaza West/Clark St · B25
Within a walk
29 places
11 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Love Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clark St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    950 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R
  2. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Clark Street Passage” (1987) by Ray Ring at the Clark St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Clark St, 0.3 miles away, for the B25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Clark St B25 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and February 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hicks Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 5 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

South side of Love Lane

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 373 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1844 and 1899.

  1. Hotel Brookmont Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. The Standish Arms Hotel Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. First Presbyterian Church Rectory Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    510 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
Show all 8
  1. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    1,180 feet
  4. Saint Ann's School
    1,200 feet
  5. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pierrepont Playground
    710 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    850 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Stirling Park
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Presbyterian Church Landmark
    540 feet
  2. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    800 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,070 feet
  4. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,220 feet
  5. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center · landmark
    200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hicks Street or Love Lane.

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.