Foster Avenue & Utica Avenue

Foster Avenue and Utica Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Farragut Post Office is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Foster Av, is 50 feet away for the B46, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. A bus lane runs along Utica Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
27 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Utica Av/Foster Av · B46
Within a walk
14 places
13 religious buildings and 1 post office, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Avenue & Utica Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Foster Av, 50 feet away, for the B46.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Foster Av B46
    50 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Utica Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 1527 Utica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 27 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
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
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and April 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Foster Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of Utica Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318988, 318989 and 319686.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 1 post office

Houses of worship

  1. Bible Speaks Church of Christ House of worship
    670 feet
  2. United Pentecostal Deliverance Temple House of worship
    1,040 feet
  3. Hyde Park Congregation Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Life Tabernacle House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Farragut Post Office
    540 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Foster Avenue or Utica Avenue.

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