Foster Avenue & East 3rd Street

Foster Avenue and East 3rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 250 firehouse is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Avenue I/E 3 St · B11
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    990 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave I F
    1,120 feet
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue I/E 3 St, 930 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/E 3 St B11
    930 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 3rd Street

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

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    620 feet
  2. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    800 feet
  3. Cheder (The) School
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    1,150 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tiferes Mordechai Kalish Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  4. Ucp of NYC -Brooklyn School
    1,200 feet
  5. Adapt Community Network-Brooklyn Children's Preschool Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 250 Fire station
    370 feet
  2. 70th Precinct Police station
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 3rd Street or Foster Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.