Glenwood Road & East 52nd Street

Glenwood Road and East 52nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd, is 240 feet away for the B7, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and six places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd · B7
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 52nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd, 240 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd B7
    240 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1527 Utica Avenue Gas station
    520 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

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)
Flatlands
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 52nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 52nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 52nd 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.