Glenwood Road & East 59th Street

Glenwood Road and East 59th Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Glenwood development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Redwood is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Glenwood Rd/E 58 St, is 80 feet away for the B6, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Glenwood Rd/E 58 St · B6
Within a walk
17 places
7 schools, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/E 58 St, 80 feet away, for the B6.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/E 58 St B6
    80 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1948.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Glenwood development.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 59th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East 59th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Glenwood Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 318679.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Generation Health Career Institute, Trade or language school
    650 feet
  2. Academy for Conservation and the Environment School
    970 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Academy School
    970 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and Equity School
    970 feet
  2. Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School
    970 feet
  3. Uncommon Preparatory CHS School
    970 feet
  4. Uncommon Preparatory Charter High School
    970 feet
  5. Victory Collegiate High School
    970 feet
  6. Canarsie Childhood Center Preschool
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Playground
    1,160 feet
  2. Glenwood Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paerdegat Library
    480 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Redwood House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 5701 Avenue H Older adult center
    640 feet
  2. Fox Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and eight 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 59th Street or Glenwood Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.