Foster Avenue & East 28th Street

Foster Avenue and East 28th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Foster Av/E 29 St · B8
Within a walk
27 places
12 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    990 feet
    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/E 29 St, 160 feet away, for the B8.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/E 29 St B8
    160 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
25 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 155 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 28th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 28th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 6 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 27 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    430 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
Show all 11
  1. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    750 feet
  2. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    890 feet
  3. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  4. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    920 feet
  5. P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School
    1,000 feet
  6. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  7. Leapz 2 Success Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  8. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    580 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    980 feet
  3. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    920 feet
  2. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    980 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 17 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 28th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.