Glenwood Road & East 98th Street

Glenwood Road and East 98th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Canarsie Ascend Charter School is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
130 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Glenwood Rd/E 98 St · B6, B60
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & East 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    130 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/E 98 St, 30 feet away, for the B6 and B60.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/E 98 St B6, B60
    30 feet
    B6 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Glenwood Road carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1512 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    1,240 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 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 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 98th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 98th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Glenwood Road

  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Ascend Charter School
    760 feet
  2. Khyle-Brenaj Early Childhood Ed Ctr School
    860 feet
  3. Lenox Academy M. S. 961 School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Olympus Academy School
    1,100 feet
  2. Fob School of Health Careers Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100% Playground
    580 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 58/Engine 257/Ladder 170 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 98th Street or Glenwood Road.

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