Glenmore Avenue & Chestnut Street

Glenmore Avenue and Chestnut Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green Gems is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
860 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Euclid Av/Liberty Av · B13
Within a walk
22 places
11 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Chestnut Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    860 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C
  2. Grant Av A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Euclid Av/Liberty Av, 790 feet away, for the B13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av/Liberty Av B13
    790 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    2.9 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and January 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    650 feet
  2. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    650 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center # 5 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Gems Garden
    320 feet
  2. City Line Park
    800 feet
  3. City Line Park Playground
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Crystal Wells Community Garden
    860 feet
  2. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Talmud Torah Atereth Israel Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 14 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chestnut Street or Glenmore Avenue.

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.