Glenwood Road & East 53rd Street

Glenwood Road and East 53rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fox Playground is 1,170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd, is 510 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 five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd · B7
Within a walk
2 places
1 playground and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 53rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd, 510 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 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.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 53rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 53rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Glenwood Road

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

South side of Glenwood Road

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Playground
    1,170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 East 53rd 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.