Foster Avenue & East 54th Street

Foster Avenue and East 54th Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd, is 940 feet away for the B7, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and three places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd · B7
Within a walk
1 place
1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 54th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd, 940 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Glenwood Rd B7
    940 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1527 Utica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,130 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 54th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 54th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 54th Street or Foster Avenue.

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