Glenwood Road & Rugby Road

Glenwood Road and Rugby Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Foster Av/Rugby Rd · B8
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 2 older adult centers and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & Rugby Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    1,230 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    1,240 feet
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Av/Rugby Rd, 610 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/Rugby Rd B8
    610 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rugby Road.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Glenwood Road

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Rugby Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rugby Road

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 107 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1906 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1075 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    1,130 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1081 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Glenwood Road or Rugby Road.

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