Foster Avenue & East 9th Street

Foster Avenue and East 9th Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Newkirk Community Garden is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Coney Island Av/Foster Av · B68
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & East 9th 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, 580 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Foster Avenue.

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
    0.4 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

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 2,300 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 1963.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Nesivos Bais Yaakov School
    750 feet
  2. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
    900 feet
  3. Step Up Therapy Services Pt, Ot, SLP Preschool
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Peace Academy School
    1,170 feet
  2. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    1,220 feet
  3. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newkirk Community Garden
    710 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 817 Avenue H Older adult center
    810 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1075 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1081 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown 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 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 9th 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.