Foster Avenue & New York Avenue

Foster Avenue and New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 42 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School is 1,120 feet away, and Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
42 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
New York Av/Foster Av · B44
Within a walk
10 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    1,270 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Foster Av, 130 feet away, for the B44.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Foster Av B44
    130 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & E 34 St 19 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 42 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 14 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

Since 2014 at least 101 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Foster Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    1,020 feet
  2. Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School
    1,120 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  2. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    1,260 feet
  3. P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. The Meat Place Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Foster Avenue or New York Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.