Nostrand Avenue & Glenwood Road

Nostrand Avenue and Glenwood Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 699 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 1,116 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Hillel Place Plaza is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Glenwood Rd/Nostrand Av · B6
Within a walk
16 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Glenwood Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    280 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/Nostrand Av, 20 feet away, for the B6.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/Nostrand Av B6
    20 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on Monday to Saturday.

Cycling

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Turn calming, October 2022
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,116 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Southbound on Nostrand Avenue1,007
Northbound on Nostrand Avenue109
Total1,116

In 2025, 699 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 124th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 42 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 78 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2023 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday noon to 2pm on Nostrand Avenue (west side).

North side of Glenwood Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Glenwood Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303406, 304938, 309231, 328327 and 336157.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Initial Steps Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    70 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Glenwood School
    290 feet
Show all 8
  1. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Leapz 2 Success Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  4. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clarendon Library
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    460 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,030 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Glenwood Road or Nostrand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.