Lucas Creek is a stream and tidal estuary of Upper Waitematā Harbour in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island.

[14][15] The North Shore was settled by Tāmaki Māori, including people descended from the Tainui migratory canoe and ancestors of figures such as Taikehu and Peretū.

[18] The poor clay soils of the area were not suitable for Māori traditional gardening techniques,[8] but the creek was a good source for eels, crayfish and flounder.

[19] An ara (traditional path) connected Lucas Creek and the Okura River to the north, which led to Long Bay and the upper Hauraki Gulf.

This was used as a portage, where waka could be hauled overland between the two bodies of water,[12] Numerous archaeological sites are found on the banks of the Lucas Creek and the Ōteha valley, because of its importance as a transportation node,[12][20] following the ridge line of Lonely Track Road.

[21] This included a kāinga called Te Wharemoenanu ("The House of Sleep Talking"), located at the southern headland at the mouth of Lucas Creek, at modern Greenhithe.

[30] By 1915, roads on the North Shore had improved enough that river traffic had begun to lessen, and in 1930 the Kaipatiki ferry to Albany ceased operation.