Beck Street & Avenue St John

Beck Street and Avenue St John meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Demera Santiago Garden is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Prospect Av/Kelly St · Bx17
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beck Street & Avenue St John Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St 6
    1,190 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River” (2023) by Glenn Goldberg at the E 149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Kelly St, 550 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Kelly St Bx17
    550 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & E 151 St 21 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 47 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 113 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue St John

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Avenue St John

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Beck Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 13 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built in 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    710 feet
  3. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova School
    850 feet
  2. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School
    950 feet
  4. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Al Quiñones Playground
    50 feet
  2. Demera Santiago Garden
    270 feet
  3. The William Rainey Garden
    350 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    780 feet
  2. El Flamboyan Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Fox Park
    1,190 feet
  4. Abigail Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station · landmark
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue St John or Beck Street.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.