Foster Avenue & East 83rd Street

Foster Avenue and East 83rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 4,735 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Curtis Playground is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Foster Av, is 1,030 feet away for the B47, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat.

Safety record
31 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
Ralph Av/Foster Av · B47
Within a walk
2 places
1 ambulance station and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Foster Av, 1,030 feet away, for the B47.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Foster Av B47
    1,030 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 401 East 80th Street Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 31 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 4,735 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Westbound on Foster Avenue2,854
Eastbound on Foster Avenue1,881
Total4,735

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
42
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1965.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 64 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and May 2022; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 83rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 83rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-3AM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Curtis Playground
    340 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 58 Ambulance station
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Good Food for Less Supermarket
    550 feet

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and four 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 83rd Street or Foster Avenue.

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