Bedford Avenue & Glenwood Road

Bedford Avenue and Glenwood Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Midwood High School is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Glenwood Rd/Bedford Av · B6, B11
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Glenwood Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/Bedford Av, 50 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/Bedford Av B6, B11 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B6 B11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Glenwood Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303106.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college

Schools and child care

  1. Midwood Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Midwood High School
    390 feet
  3. P.S. K315 School
    600 feet
Show all 8
  1. School of Science & Technology School
    600 feet
  2. Brooklyn College Child Care Services Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    620 feet
  3. CUNY Brooklyn College
    800 feet
  4. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  5. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Glenwood Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.