Nostrand Avenue & Foster Avenue

Nostrand Avenue and Foster Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nostrand Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
15 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
540 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Nostrand Av/Foster Av · B44
Within a walk
22 places
11 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Foster Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    540 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
  2. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Foster Av, 140 feet away, for the B44.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Foster Av B44
    140 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Turn calming, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 between 1931 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Foster Avenue

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

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-NOON

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-NOON 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300402, 306010 and 338111.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    360 feet
  2. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    360 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    460 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School
    470 feet
  2. Leapz 2 Success Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    930 feet
  4. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  5. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    980 feet
  6. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    50 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clarendon Library
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    460 feet
  2. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    610 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    250 feet
  2. The Meat Place Supermarket
    350 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Foster Avenue or Nostrand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.