Glenmore Avenue & Forbell Street

Glenmore Avenue and Forbell 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. BACDYS Garden (Bangladeshi American Development and Youth Services) is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Grant Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grant Av
850 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Liberty Av/Forbell St · Q8
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 1 garden and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Forbell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grant Av, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Grant Av A
    850 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Queens
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 80 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/Forbell St, 550 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/Forbell St Q8
    550 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forbell Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Forbell Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam School
    640 feet
  2. Adl Institute Trade or language school
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. BACDYS Garden (Bangladeshi American Development and Youth Services) Garden
    30 feet
  2. Belmont Playground
    850 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Liberty Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Liberty Avenue War Memorial Monument or memorial
    370 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 12 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forbell 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.