Foster Avenue & East 42nd Street
Foster Avenue and East 42nd 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. P.S. 198 Brooklyn is 820 feet away, and Hyde Park Congregation Church is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 42 St, is 940 feet away for the B8, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 42 St, 940 feet away, for the B8.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 42 St B8940 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Cortelyou Rd & Albany Ave 21 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 4210 Farragut Road Gas station1,060 feet
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 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.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
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
- 25 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1935.
Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 33 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 42nd Street
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of East 42nd Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Foster Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Foster Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 198 Brooklyn School820 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Park320 feet
- Paerdegat Park Playground650 feet
Houses of worship
- Hyde Park Congregation Church House of worship1,140 feet
- St Augustines Episcopal Church House of worship1,190 feet
- St Therese Lisieux Church House of worship1,250 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine food stores.
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 43rd Street 260 feet
- Foster Avenue & Albany Avenue 270 feet
- Foster Avenue & Troy Avenue 530 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 40th Street 540 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 39th Street 800 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 45th Street 800 feet
- Farragut Road & East 42nd Street 860 feet
- Avenue D & East 42nd Street 860 feet
See every intersection along East 42nd Street or Foster Avenue.