Crescent Street & Glen Street

Crescent Street and Glen Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. City Line Park is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Crescent St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 17 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crescent St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Crescent St/Atlantic Av · B13
Within a walk
2 places
1 park and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crescent Street & Glen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crescent St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St J, Z
    1,100 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wheel of Bloom-Soak up the Sun” (2007) by Jung Hyang Kim at the Crescent St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent St/Atlantic Av, 220 feet away, for the B13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/Atlantic Av B13
    220 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3123 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Glen Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Glen Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Line Park
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 18 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crescent Street or Glen Street.

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