Foster Avenue & East 24th Street

Foster Avenue and East 24th Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. New Generation Elementary School is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1934, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Foster Av/Bedford Av · B8, B49
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Av/Bedford Av, 50 feet away, for the B8 and B49.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/Bedford Av B8, B49
    50 feet
    B8 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Foster Avenue.

  • 26 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
    770 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
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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 1,900 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 1934.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 24th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 24th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    840 feet
  3. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. Nativity Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 12 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 24th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.