Casanova Street & Spofford Avenue

Casanova Street and Spofford Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Barretto Park is 790 feet away, and P.S. 048 Joseph R. Drake is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Longwood Av/Tiffany St · Bx46
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Casanova 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 eight 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, 450 feet away, for the Bx46.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Barry St & Tiffany St 19 docks in all
    1,140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1,270 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 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 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Casanova Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Casanova Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Spofford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Jump for Success Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. La Peninsula Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - la Peninsula HS School
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Ignatius School
    970 feet
  2. P.S. 048 Joseph R. Drake School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Julio Carballo Fields Field
    480 feet
  2. Barretto Park
    790 feet
  3. Julio Carballo Fields Playground
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hunts Point Playground
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Spofford Campus Public space
    150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Recreation Center
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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 Casanova 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.