Glenmore Avenue & Christopher Avenue

Glenmore Avenue and Christopher Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Glenmore Plaza development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Howard Playground is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd · B14
Within a walk
30 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Christopher Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd, 860 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd B14 · Shelter
    860 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mother Gaston Blvd & Glenmore Ave 16 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1954 and 1967.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Glenmore Plaza development.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Christopher Avenue

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

West side of Christopher Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Christopher Avenue Community School
    330 feet
  2. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    330 feet
  3. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    550 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Houston Playground
    300 feet
  2. Howard Playground
    330 feet
  3. Powell Playground
    370 feet
Show all 6
  1. McLeod Community Garden
    670 feet
  2. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    980 feet
  3. Howard Pool Park
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    760 feet
  2. Howard Community Center
    840 feet
  3. Seth Low Community Center
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 44/Engine 231/Ladder 120 Fire station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    940 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 16 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Christopher Avenue or Glenmore Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.