Foster Avenue & East 22nd Street

Foster Avenue and East 22nd Street 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. Our Lady of Refuge Church is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1935, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Foster Av/E 22 St · B8, B49
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 22nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight 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, 110 feet away, for the B8 and B49.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/E 22 St B8, B49
    110 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, 2 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
    1.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
28 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 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 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 22nd 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 22nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Foster Avenue

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

South side of Foster Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Nine buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Colonial Revival, and built between 1894 and 1915.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Foster Avenue Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. Nativity Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 22nd Street or 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.