Glenwood Road & Schenectady Avenue

Glenwood Road and Schenectady Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 109 is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue H/Schenectady Av, is 870 feet away for the B6 and BM2, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Avenue H/Schenectady Av · B6, BM2
Within a walk
6 places
4 religious buildings, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & Schenectady Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue H/Schenectady Av, 870 feet away, for the B6 and BM2.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue H/Schenectady Av B6, BM2
    870 feet
    B6 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. BM2 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1527 Utica Avenue Gas station
    1,010 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 180 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 1940 and 1945.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Regal Prince' oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Glenwood Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 109 School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chiarantano Playground
    1,100 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,210 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Glenwood Road or Schenectady Avenue.

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