East 156th Street & Hewitt Place

East 156th Street and Hewitt Place meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt is 310 feet away, and Fox Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
E 156 St/Prospect Av · Bx46
Within a walk
27 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 156th Street & Hewitt Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    1,170 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. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Longwood Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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, 230 feet away, for the Bx46.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & Longwood Ave 29 docks in all
    930 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1904 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Hewitt Place

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

West side of Hewitt Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 140 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
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    310 feet
  2. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K · landmark
    660 feet
  3. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    820 feet
  2. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    920 feet
  3. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Al Quiñones Playground
    830 feet
  2. Abigail Playground
    840 feet
  3. Bill Rainey Park
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fox Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Demera Santiago Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Fox Playground
    1,190 feet
  4. The William Rainey Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Church Landmark
    310 feet
  2. St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark
    380 feet
  3. Christian Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 156th Street or Hewitt Place.

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.