Inwood Street & Glassboro Avenue

Inwood Street and Glassboro Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in South Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 160 Walter Francis Bishop is 310 feet away, and Paradise Community Garden NY is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lakewood Av/Pinegrove St, is 1,200 feet away for the Q41, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings.

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Inwood Street & Glassboro Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lakewood Av/Pinegrove St, 1,200 feet away, for the Q41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lakewood Av/Pinegrove St Q41
    1,200 feet
    Q41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q41 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 114-02 Van Wyck Expressway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Glassboro Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Inwood Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 160 Walter Francis Bishop School
    310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Back To Eden Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  2. Paradise Community Garden NY Garden
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooks Methodist Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Joy Church DLCF House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooks Senior Center Older adult center
    920 feet
  2. Older adult center at 143-22 109th Avenue Older adult center
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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