Glenmore Avenue & Crescent Street

Glenmore Avenue and Crescent Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
950 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Crescent St/Glenmore Av · B13
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 trade or language schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Crescent Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    950 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. Grant Av A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. Crescent St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent St/Glenmore Av, 70 feet away, for the B13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/Glenmore Av B13
    70 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    820 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center # 5 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    500 feet
  3. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Line Park
    950 feet
  2. City Line Park Playground
    1,220 feet
  3. Green Gems Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 25 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crescent 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.