Foster Avenue & Seton Place

Foster Avenue and Seton Place meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther is 880 feet away, and Ucp of NYC -Brooklyn is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Parkville Av/47 St · B11
Within a walk
18 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & Seton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    990 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave I F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parkville Av/47 St, 1,150 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkville Av/47 St B11
    1,150 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,170 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Turn calming, November 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Seton Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Seton Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    360 feet
  2. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    880 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tiferes Mordechai Kalish Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
Show all 10
  1. Ucp of NYC -Brooklyn School
    940 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network-Brooklyn Children's Preschool Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    1,070 feet
  4. Cheder (The) School
    1,090 feet
  5. Ucp of NYC School
    1,100 feet
  6. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  7. Nesivos Bais Yaakov School
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kensington Library
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 250 Fire station
    630 feet
  2. 70th Precinct Police station
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Foster Avenue or Seton Place.

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