Cross Bronx Expressway & Longfellow Avenue

Cross Bronx Expressway and Longfellow Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West Farms, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Grace Episcopal Church West Farms is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Boston Rd/Vyse Av · Bx21
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & Longfellow Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 2, 5
    1,000 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 174 St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Animal Tracks” (2004) by Naomi Campbell at the West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Vyse Av, 460 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Vyse Av Bx21
    460 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Vyse Ave & Boston Rd 19 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1198 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Farms
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 2010 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 1,461 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the common hackberry and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Longfellow Avenue

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

West side of Longfellow Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    330 feet
  2. Heaven's Tiny Tots East Tremont Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Emolior Academy School
    1,030 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1946 Boston Road Pre-K center
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 214 School
    1,030 feet
  3. P.S. 006 West Farms School
    1,080 feet
  4. The Vida Bogart School for All Children School
    1,080 feet
  5. Bold Charter School
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Episcopal Church West Farms House of worship
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or Longfellow 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.