Foster Avenue & Albany Avenue
Foster Avenue and Albany Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 262 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 42 St, is 1,200 feet away for the B8, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 42 St, 1,200 feet away, for the B8.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 42 St B81,200 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Cortelyou Rd & Albany Ave 21 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 4210 Farragut Road Gas station0.3 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 15 people injured
- 1 person killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 262 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,526th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 115 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11203
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 17
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 67
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flatbush-Farragut
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.
Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 33 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Albany Avenue
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Albany Avenue
- Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY MAY 29 - NOV 30 SUNDAY 7AM-4PM
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Foster Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Foster Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- P.S. 198 Brooklyn School830 feet
- Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School1,210 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Park60 feet
- Paerdegat Park Playground380 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and eight 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Foster Avenue & East 40th Street 270 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 42nd Street 270 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 39th Street 530 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 43rd Street 530 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 38th Street 790 feet
- Foster Avenue & Troy Avenue 800 feet
- Albany Avenue & Farragut Road 860 feet
- Albany Avenue & Avenue D 860 feet
See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Foster Avenue.