Glenwood Road & East 26th Street

Glenwood Road and East 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Kenilworth Baptist Church is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Glenwood Rd/Amersfort Pl · B6, B11
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.3 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/Amersfort Pl, 250 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/Amersfort Pl B6, B11
    250 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2023

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1927 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 26th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 9 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 THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Glenwood Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303106.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Midwood High School
    360 feet
  2. Midwood Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. K315 School
    870 feet
  2. School of Science & Technology School
    870 feet
  3. Brooklyn College Child Care Services Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  4. CUNY Brooklyn College
    1,070 feet
  5. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    1,130 feet
  6. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    950 feet
  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 11 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 26th Street or Glenwood Road.

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