Glenmore Avenue & Essex Street

Glenmore Avenue and Essex Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
690 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
1,290 feet
Atlantic Av/Essex St · Q24
Within a walk
31 places
18 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Essex Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    690 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Essex St, 1,290 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Essex St Q24
    1,290 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    1,200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 (North)
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 249 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Essex Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Essex Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    890 feet
  2. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. Achievement First Apollo Charter School
    1,080 feet
  2. Liberty Avenue Middle School
    1,080 feet
  3. Vista Academy School
    1,080 feet
  4. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Paradise Community Garden
    750 feet
  2. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    850 feet
  3. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ashford Street Abundant Garden
    1,060 feet
  2. Floral Vineyard Garden
    1,170 feet
  3. ENY Oasis Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 13 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Essex Street 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.