Flatbush Avenue & Glenwood Road

Flatbush Avenue and Glenwood Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 52 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 7,946 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. The Engine 255/Ladder 157 firehouse is 910 feet away, and Flatbush YMCA is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
30 hurt
52 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
650 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Glenwood Rd/Flatbush Av · B6, B11
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Glenwood Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    650 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 Glenwood Rd/Flatbush Av, 50 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/Flatbush Av B6, B11
    50 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 52 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2016
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 7,946 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 15th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,185 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1940.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and February 2024; 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 9am to 7pm on Glenwood Road (south side).

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 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

North side of Glenwood Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303284, 303285, 305519 and 335230.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. Initial Steps Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Glenwood School
    850 feet
Show all 10
  1. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  4. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    1,130 feet
  5. Midwood High School
    1,180 feet
  6. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  7. Midwood Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clarendon Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    850 feet
  2. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    990 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 255/Ladder 157 Fire station
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    690 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 20 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 Flatbush Avenue or Glenwood Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.