Glenmore Avenue & Powell Street

Glenmore Avenue and Powell Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Glenmore Plaza development. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Powell Playground is 110 feet away, and Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
1,190 feet
Liberty Av/Snediker Av · T426
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Powell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/Snediker Av, 1,190 feet away, for the T426.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/Snediker Av T426
    1,190 feet
    T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Liberty Ave & Sackman St 12 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Glenmore Plaza development.

Since 2014 at least 198 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 161 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Powell Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Powell Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Christopher Avenue Community School
    610 feet
  2. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    610 feet
  3. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    1,080 feet
  2. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Houston Playground
    40 feet
  2. Powell Playground
    110 feet
  3. McLeod Community Garden
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Howard Playground
    850 feet
  2. TLC Sculpture Park Garden
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six 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 Glenmore Avenue or Powell Street.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.