Foster Avenue & East 43rd Street
Foster Avenue and East 43rd 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. Paerdegat Park is 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 43 St, is 970 feet away for the B8, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 43 St, 970 feet away, for the B8.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 43 St B8970 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, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 4210 Farragut Road Gas station0.3 miles
- 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.
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
- 24 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.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Prospector' elm.
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 August 2020 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 43rd Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of East 43rd Street
- No parking 10 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 listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 198 Brooklyn School1,080 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Park590 feet
- Paerdegat Park Playground910 feet
Houses of worship
- Hyde Park Congregation Church House of worship880 feet
- St Augustines Episcopal Church House of worship950 feet
- St Therese Lisieux Church House of worship980 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 42nd Street 260 feet
- Foster Avenue & Troy Avenue 270 feet
- Foster Avenue & Albany Avenue 530 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 45th Street 540 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 46th Street 800 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 40th Street 800 feet
- Avenue D & East 43rd Street 850 feet
- Farragut Road & East 43rd Street 860 feet
See every intersection along East 43rd Street or Foster Avenue.