Hicks Street & Pineapple Street

Hicks Street and Pineapple 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. St. George Tower stands 150 feet away, and the Emily Warren Roebling School is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about two 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
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
1,070 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Cadman Tower · B25
Within a walk
20 places
7 parks, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & Pineapple Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clark St, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    620 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
    0.4 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/Cadman Tower, 1,070 feet away, for the B25.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Cadman Tower B25
    1,070 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clark St & Henry St 43 docks in all
    600 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
    0.8 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 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.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and June 2019, 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 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 Pineapple Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 5 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

South side of Pineapple Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 363 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1841 and 1899.

  1. St. George Tower Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Towers Hotel Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Hotel St. George Designated landmark
    220 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
    310 feet
  2. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    1,000 feet
  3. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    670 feet
  2. Fort Stirling Park
    720 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    740 feet
Show all 9
  1. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    750 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    890 feet
  3. Harry Chapin Playground
    980 feet
  4. Poplar Street Community Garden
    1,030 feet
  5. Hillside Dog Park
    1,040 feet
  6. Squibb Park
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Plymouth Church Landmark · listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church House of worship
    640 feet
  3. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 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 Pineapple 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.