Drake Street & Spofford Avenue

Drake Street and Spofford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Academy for Multi-Media is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Halleck St/Spofford Av, is 280 feet away for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat. Within 820 feet are five homes.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Halleck St/Spofford Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
7 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Drake Street & Spofford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halleck St/Spofford Av, 280 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halleck St/Spofford Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS
    280 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hunts Point Ave & Bryant Ave 21 docks in all
    1,030 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
    0.7 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are five homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Drake Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Drake Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Spofford Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Spofford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Academy for Multi-Media School
    1,050 feet
  2. Leaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School
    1,050 feet
  3. P.S. 048 Joseph R. Drake School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hunts Point Playground
    930 feet
  2. Hunts Point Riverside Park
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Drake 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.