Glenwood Road & Varkens Hook Road

Glenwood Road and Varkens Hook Road meet at a three-way junction in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Miracles RC Church is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/E 86 St, is 840 feet away for the B6 and B82, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Flatlands Av/E 86 St · B6, B82
Within a walk
10 places
7 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & Varkens Hook Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 86 St, 840 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 86 St B6, B82
    840 feet
    B6 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1940 and 1970.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Clarkson Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Canarsie Ascend Middle School
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Remsen Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Miracles RC Church House of worship
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 Glenwood Road or Varkens Hook Road.

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