Glenwood Road & Westminster Road

Glenwood Road and Westminster Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Rose of Lima RC Church is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Coney Island Av/Foster Av · B68
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenwood Road & Westminster Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    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 Coney Island Av/Foster Av, 350 feet away, for the B68.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Foster Av B68 · Shelter
    350 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2015.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 4 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 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Westminster Road

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Westminster Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    730 feet
  2. Step Up Therapy Services Pt, Ot, SLP Preschool
    860 feet
  3. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Peace Academy School
    1,090 feet
  2. The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1139 Coney Island Avenue Pre-K center
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima RC Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1075 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    610 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1081 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 26 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Glenwood Road or Westminster 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.