Foster Avenue & Rockaway Parkway

Foster Avenue and Rockaway Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 300 feet to the 69th Precinct. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and seven places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
17 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Rockaway Av/Foster Av · B60
Within a walk
5 places
1 ambulance station, 1 fire station and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & Rockaway Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. East 105 St L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Foster Av, 200 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 909 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    140 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1,290 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2022

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 600 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Rockaway Parkway

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Rockaway Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 66 School
    390 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 59 Ambulance station
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 69th Precinct Police station
    300 feet
  2. Battalion 58/Engine 257/Ladder 170 Fire station
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Foster Avenue or Rockaway Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.