Glenwood Road & East 103rd Street

Glenwood Road and East 103rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Breukelen development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Canarsie Post Office is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Glenwood Rd/E 103 St · B6, B60
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 103rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. East 105 St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/E 103 St, 120 feet away, for the B6 and B60.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/E 103 St B6, B60
    120 feet
    B6 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Glenwood Road carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10802 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
42
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Ivory Silk' Japanese tree lilac and the 'Summer Charm' Peking lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 103rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 103rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Breukelen Recreation Rooms Head Start/UPK Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Breukelen Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Modern Organization & Human Development Center (Mohdc) Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Recreation Rooms and Settlement Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Lenox Academy M. S. 961 School
    1,160 feet
  3. Olympus Academy School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ponderosa Garden
    530 feet
  2. 100% Playground
    570 feet

Health care

  1. Atrium Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canarsie Post Office
    730 feet
  2. Breukelen Community Center
    840 feet
  3. Older adult center at 10315 Farragut Road Older adult center
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food World Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 103rd Street or Glenwood Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.