Glenmore Avenue & Milford Street

Glenmore Avenue and Milford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green Gems is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Pitkin Av/Logan St · Q8
Within a walk
25 places
14 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Milford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C
  2. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Logan St, 790 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Logan St Q8
    790 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Milford Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Milford Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. A Castle for Classy Kids Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights #18 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  3. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Gems Garden
    560 feet
  2. ENY Oasis Community Garden
    720 feet
  3. Shield of Faith Garden
    720 feet
Show all 7
  1. Upon This Rock Community Garden
    740 feet
  2. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Atkins Gardeners Garden
    1,080 feet
  4. Crystal Wells Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    860 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine 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 Milford 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.