Hicks Street & Montague Street

Hicks Street and Montague Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hotel Brookmont stands 150 feet away, and Smith Street Arts Et Lettres is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
910 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Cadman Plaza West/Montague St · B52, B103
Within a walk
29 places
9 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Montague Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Montague St, 0.3 miles away, for the B52 and B103.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Montague St B52, B103
    0.3 miles
    B52 B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …
  2. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 45 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
    40 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
    0.9 miles
  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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Montague Street (south side).

East side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Montague Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SUNDAY 9:30AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300258 and 342738.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 429 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1845 and 1896.

  1. Hotel Bossert Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Hotel Brookmont Designated landmark
    150 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    60 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    760 feet
Show all 11
  1. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    560 feet
  2. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  4. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    1,040 feet
  5. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  6. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,140 feet
  7. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    1,240 feet
  8. Saint Ann's School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pierrepont Playground
    610 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    660 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Landmark
    560 feet
  2. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral Landmark
    650 feet
  3. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    990 feet
  4. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    170 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hicks Street or Montague 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.