Foster Avenue & Corbin Court

Foster Avenue and Corbin Court meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Newkirk Community Garden is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Foster Av/Coney Island Av · B8
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & Corbin Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    0.4 miles
    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/Coney Island Av, 60 feet away, for the B8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/Coney Island Av B8 · Shelter
    60 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Foster Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Corbin Court

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    630 feet
  2. Peace Academy School
    800 feet
  3. Step Up Therapy Services Pt, Ot, SLP Preschool
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  4. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  5. The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1139 Coney Island Avenue Pre-K center
    1,190 feet
  6. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newkirk Community Garden
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima RC Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1075 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    600 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1081 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 29 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Foster Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.