Glenwood Road & East 38th Street

Glenwood Road and East 38th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Vincent Ferrer Church is 150 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 three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Glenwood Rd/E 38 St · B6
Within a walk
3 places
2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.5 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/E 38 St, 110 feet away, for the B6.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/E 38 St B6
    110 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, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4102 Avenue H Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 five 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
27 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 1935.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 38th Street

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

West side of East 38th Street

  • No parking 11 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Vincent Ferrer Church House of worship
    150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 East 38th Street 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.