Foster Avenue & East 99th Street

Foster Avenue and East 99th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 500 feet to the 69th Precinct. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and five places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Rockaway Av/Foster Av · B60
Within a walk
4 places
1 ambulance station, 1 police station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 99th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. East 105 St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Foster Av, 470 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

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
    600 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 200 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 between 1920 and 1950.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 99th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 99th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 6 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 66 School
    980 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 59 Ambulance station
    670 feet

Fire and police

  1. 69th Precinct Police station
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 99th Street or Foster Avenue.

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