Hicks Street & Luquer Street

Hicks Street and Luquer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dimattina Playground is 140 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 14 public places, five of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 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
Van Brunt St/Commerce St · B61
Within a walk
14 places
5 schools, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Luquer Street 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 Van Brunt St/Commerce St, 0.3 miles away, for the B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Brunt St/Commerce St B61
    0.3 miles
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & W 9 St 19 docks in all
    1,200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2021.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1931.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Luquer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Luquer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    460 feet
  2. Summit Academy Charter School
    460 feet
  3. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    960 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. Pave Academy Charter School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dimattina Playground
    140 feet
  2. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    490 feet
  3. Admiral Triangle Playground
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coffey Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Pirate's Cove Garden
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 31 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hicks Street or Luquer 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.