Dawson Street & Leggett Avenue

Dawson Street and Leggett Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Longwood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
E 156 St/Prospect Av · Bx46
Within a walk
29 places
9 schools, 8 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dawson Street & Leggett Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    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. Longwood Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 156 St/Prospect Av, 550 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 156 St/Prospect Av Bx46
    550 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beck St & Leggett Ave 20 docks in all
    690 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1923.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Dawson Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Leggett Avenue

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

West side of Leggett Avenue

  • No parking 3 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, 176 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
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K · landmark
    450 feet
  2. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    500 feet
  3. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    500 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    640 feet
  2. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    970 feet
  3. Longwood Preparatory Academy School
    1,150 feet
  4. Success Academy Bronx 3 CMS School
    1,170 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3 School
    1,170 feet
  6. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova School
    1,230 feet
  7. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Al Quiñones Playground
    510 feet
  2. Bill Rainey Park
    760 feet
  3. Demera Santiago Garden
    810 feet
Show all 9
  1. Fox Park
    890 feet
  2. The William Rainey Garden
    940 feet
  3. Fox Playground
    990 feet
  4. Abigail Playground
    1,150 feet
  5. Wishing Well Garden
    1,160 feet
  6. Dawson Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark
    150 feet
  2. United Church Landmark
    370 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dawson Street or Leggett 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.