Foster Avenue & East 38th Street

Foster Avenue and East 38th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Pauls Methodist Church is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Avenue D/E 38 St · B8
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.5 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 Avenue D/E 38 St, 960 feet away, for the B8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/E 38 St B8
    960 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4210 Farragut Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
22 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 1930 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 72 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 38th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 38th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School
    430 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Paerdegat Park
    570 feet
  2. Paerdegat Park Playground
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship
    830 feet

Supermarkets

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 38th 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.