Foster Avenue & East 95th Street

Foster Avenue and East 95th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 66 is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Foster Avenue & East 95th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Foster Av, 810 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Foster Av B60
    810 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 909 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    750 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.4 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 95th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 95th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 66 School
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Albans Episcopal Church House of worship
    960 feet

Fire and police

  1. 69th Precinct Police station
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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