East 21st Street & Foster Avenue

East 21st Street and Foster Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nativity Church is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1942, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Foster Av/E 22 St · B8, B49
Within a walk
7 places
5 religious buildings and 2 day care or pre-K sites, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Foster Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. 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 Foster Av/E 22 St, 200 feet away, for the B8 and B49.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/E 22 St B8, B49
    200 feet
    B8 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Foster Avenue.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1942.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

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 June 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Foster Avenue

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

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 40 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1907 and 1914.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Foster Avenue Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Nativity Church House of worship
    440 feet
  3. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 21st Street or Foster Avenue.

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