Hicks Street & Middagh Street

Hicks Street and Middagh Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. Public School No. 8 stands 170 feet away, and Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption Rectory stands 220 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them parks, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
920 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St · B25
Within a walk
17 places
7 parks, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Middagh Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    920 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. York St F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St, 760 feet away, for the B25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St B25 · Shelter
    760 feet
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Middagh St 34 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.6 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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 November 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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hicks Street

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

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Middagh Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Middagh Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 241 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Eclectic, and mostly built between 1839 and 1899.

  1. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption Rectory Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. 84th Police Precinct Garage Designated landmark
    290 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    250 feet
  2. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    450 feet
  3. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poplar Street Community Garden
    280 feet
  2. Hillside Dog Park
    300 feet
  3. Harry Chapin Playground
    390 feet
Show all 9
  1. Squibb Park
    570 feet
  2. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    630 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Park
    740 feet
  4. Anchorage Plaza
    900 feet
  5. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    1,130 feet
  6. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church Landmark
    280 feet
  2. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    470 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hicks Street or Middagh 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.