Ocean Avenue & Foster Avenue

Ocean Avenue and Foster Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Refuge Church is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1955, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Ocean Av/Foster Av · B49
Within a walk
7 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Foster Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. 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 Ocean Av/Foster Av, 120 feet away, for the B49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Foster Av B49
    120 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Foster Avenue and Ocean Avenue.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 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
    1,070 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 2,400 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 1955.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 107 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1913.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Foster Avenue Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. Nativity Church House of worship
    270 feet
  3. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 961 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Foster Avenue or Ocean Avenue.

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