Foster Avenue & Rugby Road

Foster Avenue and Rugby Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
720 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Foster Av/Rugby Rd · B8
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & Rugby Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    720 feet
    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
    0.3 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 Foster Av/Rugby Rd, 110 feet away, for the B8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/Rugby Rd B8
    110 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Foster Avenue and Rugby Road.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1931.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Foster Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Foster Avenue

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

East side of Rugby Road

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rugby Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 307601.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 76 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival and Colonial Revival with alterations, and mostly built between 1906 and 1920.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    1,010 feet
  2. Foster Avenue Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  3. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,050 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 32 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Foster Avenue or Rugby Road.

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