Hillcrest is a suburb of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area located in New Zealand.

Since 2010, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Auckland Council, and is located in the North Shore, surrounded by Glenfield, Wairau Valley, Northcote and Birkenhead.

[6] The Hillcrest area is primarily uplifted Waitemata Group sandstone, that was deposited on the sea floor during the Early Miocene, between 22 and 16 million years ago.

[7] Prior to human settlement, the inland North Shore was a mixed podocarp-broadleaf forest dominated by kauri.

The highest point in the suburb is the hill at Speedy Crescent, which is 98 metres (322 ft) above sea-level.

[16] Hillcrest was a part of the Mahurangi Block, an area purchased by the Crown on 13 April 1841.

[19] Wilson was joined by Mr. Nicholson, who established a 128 acres (52 ha) property in western Northcote that he called Sunnybrae.

[6] In 1942 during World War II, a camp was established at Hillcrest to house the First Auckland Battalion of the New Zealand Army, later becoming Camp Hillcrest, a base for the United States Army.

[11] Sunnybrae Normal School was opened in 1966 as a school to support teachers training at nearby North Shore Teachers College (now the site of AUT North Campus).