Foster Avenue & East 29th Street

Foster Avenue and East 29th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Foster Av/E 29 St · B8
Within a walk
27 places
12 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 29th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    730 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
  2. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Av/E 29 St, 130 feet away, for the B8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 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
    0.7 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 29th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-5PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 29th Street

  • No parking 4 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

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    170 feet
  2. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    490 feet
  3. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    630 feet
Show all 12
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  3. P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School
    740 feet
  4. Leapz 2 Success Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  5. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  6. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    1,180 feet
  7. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    1,200 feet
  8. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    1,250 feet
  9. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet
  2. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 29th 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.