Coney Island Avenue & Glenwood Road

Coney Island Avenue and Glenwood Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Peace Academy is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Coney Island Av/Foster Av · B68
Within a walk
16 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Glenwood Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Foster Av, 40 feet away, for the B68.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Foster Av B68 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer 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 October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1933.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Coney Island Avenue (west side).

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Glenwood Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309516 and 322042.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Step Up Therapy Services Pt, Ot, SLP Preschool
    540 feet
  2. Peace Academy School
    770 feet
  3. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    820 feet
Show all 9
  1. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1139 Coney Island Avenue Pre-K center
    880 feet
  3. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  4. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  5. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  6. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newkirk Community Garden
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima RC Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1075 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1081 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coney Island Avenue or Glenwood Road.

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