Glenwood Road & East 48th Street

Glenwood Road and East 48th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 109 is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Glenwood Rd, is 630 feet away for the B46, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and six places to eat. About 130 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Utica Av/Glenwood Rd · B46
Within a walk
3 places
1 playground, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Glenwood Rd, 630 feet away, for the B46.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Glenwood Rd B46
    630 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1527 Utica Avenue Gas station
    740 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 130 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1945.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 48th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 48th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 109 School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunners Playground
    1,060 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 48th Street or Glenwood Road.

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