Glenwood Road & Brooklyn Avenue

Glenwood Road and Brooklyn Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
24 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Glenwood Rd/Brooklyn Av · B6
Within a walk
4 places
2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & Brooklyn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/Brooklyn Av, 100 feet away, for the B6.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/Brooklyn Av B6
    100 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4102 Avenue H Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 95 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

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

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Glenwood Road

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

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 3610 Glenwood Road Pre-K center
    230 feet
  2. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vincent Ferrer Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Avenue or Glenwood Road.

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