Glenmore Avenue & Watkins Street

Glenmore Avenue and Watkins Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Howard development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Howard Playground is 50 feet away, and Brownsville Library is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd · B14
Within a walk
32 places
15 religious buildings, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Watkins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd, 620 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd B14 · Shelter
    620 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mother Gaston Blvd & Glenmore Ave 16 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1954 and 1967.

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

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Watkins Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Watkins Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    260 feet
  2. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    260 feet
  3. Christopher Avenue Community School
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    890 feet
  2. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Playground
    50 feet
  2. Houston Playground
    850 feet
  3. Powell Playground
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Howard Pool Park
    990 feet
  2. McLeod Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,010 feet
  2. Osborn Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    90 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Howard Community Center
    290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 44/Engine 231/Ladder 120 Fire station
    320 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    950 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 18 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Glenmore Avenue or Watkins 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.