Glenwood Road & East 27th Street

Glenwood Road and East 27th Street meet at a five-way junction 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. Midwood High School is 620 feet away, and School of Science & Technology is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Glenwood Rd/Amersfort Pl · B6, B11
Within a walk
18 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    1,210 feet
    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, 50 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.4 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
    0.5 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of Amersfort Place

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

West side of Amersfort Place

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

East side of East 27th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 27th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Midwood High School
    620 feet
  3. Midwood Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
Show all 11
  1. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. P.S. K315 School
    1,130 feet
  3. School of Science & Technology School
    1,130 feet
  4. Brooklyn College Child Care Services Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Initial Steps Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  6. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    1,170 feet
  7. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  8. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amersfort Place, East 27th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.