Bedford Avenue & Foster Avenue

Bedford Avenue and Foster Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Flatbush Av/Foster Av · B41, B103, BM2
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Foster Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Foster Av, 110 feet away, for the B41, B103 and BM2.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Foster Av B41, B103, BM2
    110 feet
    B41 B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B103 …
  3. BM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue and Foster Avenue.

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Beverley Rd 24 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1934.

Since 2014 at least 64 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    160 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    540 feet
  3. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    1,000 feet
  2. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    1,040 feet
  3. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,000 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Foster Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.