Bruckner Boulevard & Lafayette Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Lafayette Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Success Academy Bronx 3 CMS is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

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Bruckner Boulevard & Lafayette Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Longwood Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av 6
    490 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Longwood Av/Southern Blvd, 480 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av/Southern Blvd Bx46
    480 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bruckner Boulevard Bike Path and Lafayette Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Longwood Ave & Southern Blvd 24 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    830 feet
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    890 feet

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 1922 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. St Athanasius School
    1,010 feet
  2. NP Ready Set Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  3. Success Academy Bronx 3 CMS School
    1,200 feet
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  1. Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3 School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Park
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunts Point Library
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 41st Precinct Police station
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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