Pacific Street & Hicks Street

Pacific Street and Hicks Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Van Voorhees Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Atlantic Av/Henry St, is 710 feet away for the B61 and B63, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
600 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
19 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pacific Street & Hicks Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

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

  • 3 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Congress St & Hicks St 35 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 600 feet 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 271 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1876.

  1. The Polhemus Building Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. The Dudley Memorial Building Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. St. Peter's School (formerly Academy) Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 college
  • 1 dog run
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    160 feet
  2. MS Lam Montessori School
    360 feet
  3. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. Kinder Prep Childcare 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  4. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Voorhees Playground
    30 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park
    510 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    760 feet
Show all 7
  1. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    930 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Zone 6 Playground
    1,170 feet
  4. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    160 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Hicks Street or Pacific 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.