Foster Avenue & East 26th Street

Foster Avenue and East 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kings Church of Christ is 970 feet away, and Nostrand Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Foster Av/Flatbush Av · B8, B49
Within a walk
26 places
13 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Av/Flatbush Av, 300 feet away, for the B8 and B49.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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
    890 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 207 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    740 feet
  3. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
Show all 9
  1. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    980 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    1,000 feet
  3. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  4. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  5. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  6. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    970 feet
  2. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  3. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    730 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    740 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 255/Ladder 157 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 16 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 East 26th Street or Foster Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.