Hicks Street & Pierrepont Street

Hicks Street and Pierrepont Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hotel Bossert stands 400 feet away, and Brooklyn Historical Society is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about four minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St · B103
Within a walk
28 places
9 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Pierrepont Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clark St, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    1,140 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. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    1,170 feet
    2 3 4 5 R
  2. High St A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

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/Johnson St, 0.3 miles away, for the B103.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St B103
    0.3 miles
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montague St & Hicks St 36 docks in all
    300 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more 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 March 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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 1 sign PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Pierrepont Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

South side of Pierrepont Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 396 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1844 and 1899.

  1. Hotel Brookmont Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Hotel Bossert Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. The Standish Arms Hotel Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    320 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    1,020 feet
Show all 9
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Saint Ann's School
    1,040 feet
  4. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  5. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    1,290 feet
  6. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pierrepont Playground
    520 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    660 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Stirling Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    810 feet
  3. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    910 feet
  3. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    920 feet
  4. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and seven 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 Pierrepont 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.