Foster Avenue & East 46th Street
Foster Avenue and East 46th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hyde Park Congregation Church is 130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 46 St, is 970 feet away for the B8, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, seven of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 46 St, 970 feet away, for the B8.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 46 St B8970 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
By car
- 4210 Farragut Road Gas station0.4 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2024
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
- 26 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 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 30 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 46th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of East 46th 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 listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,290 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Chiarantano Playground1,030 feet
Houses of worship
- Hyde Park Congregation Church House of worship130 feet
- St Therese Lisieux Church House of worship990 feet
- United Pentecostal Deliverance Temple House of worship1,290 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two 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 and 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 45th Street 260 feet
- Foster Avenue & Schenectady Avenue 270 feet
- Foster Avenue & Troy Avenue 530 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 48th Street 540 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 43rd Street 800 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 49th Street 800 feet
- Farragut Road & East 46th Street 850 feet
- Avenue D & East 46th Street 860 feet
See every intersection along East 46th Street or Foster Avenue.