Beck Street & Leggett Avenue

Beck Street and Leggett Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Longwood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The William Rainey Garden is 310 feet away, and United Church is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
Southern Blvd/E 156 St · Bx19
Within a walk
23 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beck Street & Leggett Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 149 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/E 156 St, 1,030 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 156 St Bx19 · Shelter
    1,030 feet
    Bx19
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beck St & Leggett Ave 20 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1910 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beck Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Beck Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Leggett Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Leggett Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Longwood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 114 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1898 and 1900.

  1. St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova School
    590 feet
  2. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K · landmark
    660 feet
  3. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    800 feet
Show all 9
  1. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    800 feet
  2. Success Academy Bronx 3 CMS School
    1,160 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3 School
    1,160 feet
  4. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  5. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    1,270 feet
  6. Longwood Preparatory Academy School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Al Quiñones Playground
    300 feet
  2. The William Rainey Garden
    310 feet
  3. Fox Park
    570 feet
Show all 6
  1. Demera Santiago Garden
    710 feet
  2. Fox Playground
    740 feet
  3. Bill Rainey Park
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark
    520 feet
  2. United Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Beck Street or Leggett Avenue.

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