Union Street & Hicks Street

Union Street and Hicks Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sacred Heart Catholic School stands 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them gardens, and 22 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Columbia St/Union St · B61
Within a walk
15 places
5 gardens, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Hicks Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Union St, 600 feet away, for the B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Union St B61 · Shelter
    600 feet
    B61
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Union Street.

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. President St & Henry St 25 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Woodhull Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and January 2026; 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 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Hicks Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 6 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309347 and 334606.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 47 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1852 and 1854.

  1. Sacred Heart Catholic School Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ladybug Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    250 feet
  2. Regina's Group Daycare Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. Long Island Col Hosp Sch Nursing College
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mary McDowell Friends - Middle School
    930 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Human Compass Community Garden
    670 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Children's Garden
    810 feet
  3. Mother Cabrini Park Playground
    1,030 feet
Show all 8
  1. Amazing Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Dimattina Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Mother Cabrini Park
    1,160 feet
  4. Urban Meadow Garden
    1,160 feet
  5. Summit Street Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 76th Precinct Police station
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hicks Street or Union Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.