Foster Avenue & East 17th Street

Foster Avenue and East 17th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Refuge Church is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
640 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Foster Av/E 18 St · B8
Within a walk
4 places
3 religious buildings and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    640 feet
    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/E 18 St, 210 feet away, for the B8.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/E 18 St B8
    210 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Foster Avenue.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022
  • Turn calming, October 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Foster Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 310879.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 244 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1907 and 1919.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Foster Avenue Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Nativity Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    440 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    770 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 17th Street or Foster Avenue.

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