Glenmore Avenue & Linwood Street

Glenmore Avenue and Linwood Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Paradise Community Garden is 500 feet away, and Jerome-Glenmore Cornerstone is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about four 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 four places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
1,200 feet
Atlantic Av/Linwood St · Q24
Within a walk
31 places
18 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Linwood Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    940 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
    0.4 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Linwood St, 1,200 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Linwood St Q24
    1,200 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    950 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. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

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 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 163 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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 October 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Linwood Street

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

West side of Linwood Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 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. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Achievement First Apollo Charter School
    830 feet
  3. Liberty Avenue Middle School
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Vista Academy School
    830 feet
  2. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    940 feet
  3. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    1,140 feet
  4. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Paradise Community Garden
    500 feet
  2. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    600 feet
  3. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    720 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ashford Street Abundant Garden
    800 feet
  2. Floral Vineyard Garden
    920 feet
  3. Jerome-Glenmore Cornerstone Garden
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Glenmore Avenue or Linwood Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.