Glenwood Road & Rockaway Parkway

Glenwood Road and Rockaway Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 51 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 58/Engine 257/Ladder 170 firehouse is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
25 hurt
51 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
160 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Rockaway Pkwy/Glenwood Rd · B6, B42, B82
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & Rockaway Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    160 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Pkwy/Glenwood Rd, 20 feet away, for the B6, B42 and B82.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Pkwy/Glenwood Rd B6, B42, B82
    20 feet
    B6 B42 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B42 …
  3. B82 …

Live arrivals

Rockaway Parkway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1512 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    920 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    520 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 51 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, 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
20 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 1950.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and June 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on Rockaway Parkway (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 4pm on Rockaway Parkway (west side).

North side of Glenwood Road

  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Rockaway Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 321915, 331836 and 339858.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Ascend Charter School
    560 feet
  2. Fob School of Health Careers Trade or language school
    960 feet
  3. Khyle-Brenaj Early Childhood Ed Ctr School
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100% Playground
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Albans Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    100 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Glenwood Road or Rockaway Parkway.

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