Glenwood Road & East 39th Street
Glenwood Road and East 39th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Vincent Ferrer Church is 400 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Glenwood Rd/E 39 St, is 100 feet away for the B6, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/E 39 St, 100 feet away, for the B6.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Glenwood Rd/E 39 St B6100 feetB6
Next buses at this stop
- B6 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 4102 Avenue H Gas station0.3 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2020
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
- 26 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 buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 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 39th Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of East 39th 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 3610 Glenwood Road Pre-K center670 feet
- The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,240 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Park1,140 feet
Houses of worship
- St Vincent Ferrer Church House of worship400 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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:
- Glenwood Road & East 40th Street 260 feet
- Glenwood Road & East 38th Street 260 feet
- Glenwood Road & East 37th Street 520 feet
- Glenwood Road & Albany Avenue 530 feet
- Glenwood Road & Brooklyn Avenue 790 feet
- Glenwood Road & East 42nd Street 800 feet
- Farragut Road & East 39th Street 830 feet
- Avenue H & East 39th Street 860 feet
See every intersection along East 39th Street or Glenwood Road.