Foster Avenue & East 23rd Street

Foster Avenue and East 23rd 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. Nativity Church is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about nine minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1934, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.5 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. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

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, 200 feet away, for the B8 and B49.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/E 22 St B8, B49
    200 feet
    B8 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Foster Avenue.

  • 14 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
    1,050 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2023

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1930 and 1934.

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 23rd 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 7 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    1,120 feet
  3. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Nativity Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 23rd Street or Foster Avenue.

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