Hicks Street & Mill Street

Hicks Street and Mill Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Red Hook East development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Red Hook Neighborhood School is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Lorraine St/Hicks St · B57, B61
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Mill 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 nine 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 Lorraine St/Hicks St, 820 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorraine St/Hicks St B57, B61
    820 feet
    B57 B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & W 9 St 19 docks in all
    720 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 between 1938 and 1940.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Red Hook East development.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Mill Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 4AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pave Academy Charter School
    330 feet
  2. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    800 feet
  3. Summit Academy Charter School
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bbru Lorraine Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Bubble Bees Day Care - Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Bumblebees-R-Us Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    790 feet
  2. Dimattina Playground
    910 feet
  3. Coffey Park
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    1,070 feet
  2. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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