Foster Avenue & East 8th Street

Foster Avenue and East 8th Street (north-east) meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Coney Island Av/Foster Av · B68
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Foster Av, 420 feet away, for the B68.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Foster Av B68
    420 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Foster Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1958.

Since 2014 at least 38 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Foster Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
    740 feet
  2. Step Up Therapy Services Pt, Ot, SLP Preschool
    800 feet
  3. Nesivos Bais Yaakov School
    920 feet
Show all 9
  1. Peace Academy School
    1,010 feet
  2. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    1,060 feet
  3. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  4. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    1,290 feet
  5. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,290 feet
  6. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newkirk Community Garden
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima RC Church House of worship
    440 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1075 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    810 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1081 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    870 feet
  3. Older adult center at 817 Avenue H Older adult center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 8th Street or Foster Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.