Glenwood Road & East 23rd Street

Glenwood Road and East 23rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School of Science & Technology is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and one place to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Glenwood Rd/Bedford Av · B6, B11
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 23rd Street 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 nine 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/Bedford Av, 580 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/Bedford Av B6, B11 · Shelter
    580 feet
    B6 B11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Glenwood Road

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

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K315 School
    370 feet
  2. School of Science & Technology School
    370 feet
  3. Midwood Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. CUNY Brooklyn College
    800 feet
  2. Midwood High School
    920 feet
  3. Brooklyn College Child Care Services Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hot Spot Tot Lot Playground
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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 23rd Street or Glenwood Road.

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