Glenmore Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue

Glenmore Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Russian Orthodox Church is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Liberty Av
460 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
20 places
14 religious buildings, 1 ambulance station and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Liberty Av, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    460 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av, 350 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av B20, B83
    350 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pennsylvania Ave & Pitkin Ave 11 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 111 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School
    210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    780 feet
  2. TLC Sculpture Park Garden
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Post Office
    1,100 feet
  2. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six 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 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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.