Flatbush Avenue & Glenwood Road at East 29th Street

Flatbush Avenue, Glenwood Road and East 29th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
370 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Flatbush Av/E 29 St · B41
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Glenwood Road at East 29th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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 Flatbush Av/E 29 St, 190 feet away, for the B41.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/E 29 St B41
    190 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 53 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2016
  • Turn calming, June 2023

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 four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 11 active meters
  • 7 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2023 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Glenwood Road (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Glenwood Road (both sides).

East side of East 29th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 29th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303284, 303285, 303405, 305519, 309231, 314963 and 335231.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Initial Steps Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  3. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Glenwood School
    560 feet
  2. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  4. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clarendon Library
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 255/Ladder 157 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    410 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,110 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 29th Street, Flatbush Avenue or Glenwood Road.

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