Flatbush Avenue & Foster Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Foster Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush YMCA is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Flatbush Av/Foster Av · B41, B103, BM2
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush 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 seven 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, 50 feet away, for the B41, B103 and BM2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B103 …
  3. BM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Flatbush 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
    410 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1934.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Flatbush Avenue

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

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331491 and 333394.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 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
    100 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    530 feet
  3. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    970 feet
  2. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Foster Avenue.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.