Hicks Street & State Street

Hicks Street and State Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Adam Yauch Park is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
21 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hicks Street & State Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Henry St, 710 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Henry St B61, B63 · Countdown sign
    710 feet
    B61 B63
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Atlantic Ave 23 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hicks Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 5 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

West side of Hicks Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of State Street

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

South side of State Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 8 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 418 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1879.

  1. 1st Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. St. Charles Orthopedic Hospital Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. South Brooklyn Neighborhood Houses (Settlement House) Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. MS Lam Montessori School
    250 feet
  2. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    540 feet
  3. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    650 feet
Show all 9
  1. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    770 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  4. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    1,210 feet
  5. Kinder Prep Childcare 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  6. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Adam Yauch Park
    300 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    300 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    490 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Zone 6 Playground
    1,170 feet
  4. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    540 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Landmark
    770 feet
  2. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hicks Street or State 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.