Foster Avenue & Rogers Avenue

Foster Avenue and Rogers Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,501 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Flatbush YMCA is 700 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 29 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Rogers Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
12 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Foster Av/Rogers Av · B8
Within a walk
29 places
13 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & Rogers Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    1,260 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Av/Rogers Av, 50 feet away, for the B8.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/Rogers Av B8 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Rogers Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,501 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 547th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 666 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 210 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Rogers Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Rogers Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    650 feet
  2. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    710 feet
  3. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    770 feet
Show all 12
  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  4. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    1,020 feet
  5. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  6. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  7. New Generation Elementary School
    1,270 feet
  8. P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School
    1,270 feet
  9. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    840 feet
  2. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    650 feet
  2. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 255/Ladder 157 Fire station
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. The Meat Place Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 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 Foster Avenue or Rogers Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.