Hicks Street & Orange Street

Hicks Street and Orange Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church is 390 feet away, and Brooklyn War Memorial is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them parks, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
1,270 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St · B25
Within a walk
20 places
7 parks, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Orange Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clark St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    870 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. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

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/Middagh St, 1,270 feet away, for the B25.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St B25 · Shelter
    1,270 feet
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbia Heights & Cranberry St 37 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.5 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
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 March 2026.

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
66 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 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Orange Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Orange Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 5 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 303 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1840 and 1899.

  1. Franklin Arms Hotel Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. St. George Tower Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. Hotel St. George Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    60 feet
  2. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    750 feet
  3. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    530 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    670 feet
  3. Harry Chapin Playground
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Poplar Street Community Garden
    780 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    790 feet
  3. Hillside Dog Park
    790 feet
  4. Cadman Plaza Park
    860 feet
  5. Squibb Park
    870 feet
  6. Fort Stirling Park
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Plymouth Church Landmark · listed historic place
    230 feet
  2. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church House of worship
    390 feet
  3. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    920 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and six 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 Orange 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.