Ocean Parkway & Foster Avenue

Ocean Parkway and Foster Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 68 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Rose of Lima RC Church is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them schools. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1937 and 1971, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
67 hurt
68 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,210 feet
18 Av/Ocean Pkwy · B8
Within a walk
17 places
9 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Foster Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave I F
    0.4 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 18 Av/Ocean Pkwy, 1,210 feet away, for the B8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/Ocean Pkwy B8 · Shelter
    1,210 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Foster Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    540 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 68 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2021

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to seven travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 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 1937 and 1971.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 108 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 70 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and May 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 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-5PM

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 1 sign AMBULETTE & ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Nesivos Bais Yaakov School
    380 feet
  2. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Lubavitcher High School
    940 feet
Show all 11
  1. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    940 feet
  2. Mevakshai Torah School
    940 feet
  3. Ucp of NYC -Brooklyn School
    1,100 feet
  4. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
    1,120 feet
  5. Adapt Community Network-Brooklyn Children's Preschool Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  6. Ucp of NYC School
    1,150 feet
  7. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    1,170 feet
  8. P.S. K134 School
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima RC Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. 70th Precinct Police station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Foster Avenue or Ocean Parkway.

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