Barretto Street & Spofford Avenue

Barretto Street and Spofford Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Julio Carballo Fields is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Longwood Av/Tiffany St · Bx46
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barretto Street & Spofford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Longwood Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Longwood Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Longwood Av/Tiffany St, 710 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av/Tiffany St Bx46
    710 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hunts Point Ave & Bryant Ave 21 docks in all
    1,230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10474
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hunts Point
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 323 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barretto Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Barretto Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Spofford Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Spofford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 field
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Peninsula Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  2. Jump for Success Pre-K
    410 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - la Peninsula HS School
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Ignatius School
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 048 Joseph R. Drake School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Julio Carballo Fields Field
    230 feet
  2. Barretto Park
    530 feet
  3. Julio Carballo Fields Playground
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hunts Point Playground
    840 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Spofford Campus Public space
    320 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Recreation Center
    320 feet
  2. Hunts Point Post Office
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barretto Street or Spofford Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.