Foster Avenue & East 39th Street
Foster Avenue and East 39th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Paerdegat Park is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 39 St, is 940 feet away for the B8, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 39 St, 940 feet away, for the B8.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 39 St B8940 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Cortelyou Rd & Albany Ave 21 docks in all0.5 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 4210 Farragut Road Gas station0.4 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
- 20 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,100 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 1940.
Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 66 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 November 2014 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 39th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 39th 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 listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School690 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Park310 feet
- Paerdegat Park Playground520 feet
Houses of worship
- St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship1,090 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Foster Avenue & East 40th Street 260 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 38th Street 260 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 37th Street 520 feet
- Foster Avenue & Albany Avenue 530 feet
- Foster Avenue & Brooklyn Avenue 790 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 42nd Street 800 feet
- Farragut Road & East 39th Street 860 feet
- Avenue D & East 39th Street 860 feet
See every intersection along East 39th Street or Foster Avenue.