East 21st Street & Glenwood Road

East 21st Street and Glenwood Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hot Spot Tot Lot is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave H, is about nine minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1954, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave H
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Ocean Av/Glenwood Rd · B49, BM1, BM3, BM4
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Glenwood Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave H, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Ave H Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Bucolic” (2012) by Ed Kopel at the Ave H station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Glenwood Rd, 330 feet away, for the B49, BM1, BM3 and BM4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Glenwood Rd B49, BM1, BM3, BM4 · Shelter
    330 feet
    B49 BM1 BM3 BM4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. BM1 …
  3. BM3 …
  4. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 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, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2021.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1924 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 85 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1906 and 1917.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K315 School
    900 feet
  2. School of Science & Technology School
    900 feet
  3. Brooklyn SDA Elementary School
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Midwood Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hot Spot Tot Lot Playground
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Seven Day Adv Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. Nativity Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 21st Street or Glenwood Road.

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