Foster Avenue & East 57th Street
Foster Avenue and East 57th Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Glenwood Community Center is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Foster Av, is 1,000 feet away for the B47, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Foster Av, 1,000 feet away, for the B47.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ralph Av/Foster Av B471,000 feetB47
Next buses at this stop
- B47 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 5916 Foster Avenue Gas station940 feet
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1,210 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.
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
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 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 in 1960.
Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 16 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 57th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 57th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Foster Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 community center
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Glenwood Playground1,250 feet
Community centers and public services
- Glenwood Community Center1,300 feet
Supermarkets
- Good Food for Less Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Foster Avenue & East 56th Street 320 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 58th Street 320 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 55th Street 640 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 59th Street 640 feet
- East 56th Street & Preston Court 660 feet
- Farragut Road & East 57th Street 880 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 54th Street 930 feet
- Foster Avenue & Ralph Avenue 990 feet
See every intersection along East 57th Street or Foster Avenue.