Faile Street & Spofford Avenue

Faile Street and Spofford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 048 Joseph R. Drake is 180 feet away, and Barretto Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Hunts Point Av/Spofford Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
22 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Faile Street & Spofford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hunts Point Av/Spofford Av, 190 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av/Spofford Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS · Shelter
    190 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hunts Point Ave & Bryant Ave 21 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1923 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 146 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 116 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Faile Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Faile Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Spofford Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Spofford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 048 Joseph R. Drake School
    180 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 8
  1. Bronx Academy for Multi-Media School
    840 feet
  2. Leaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School
    840 feet
  3. St Ignatius School
    970 feet
  4. Jump for Success Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  5. Leaders in Our Neighborhood CHS School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hunts Point Playground
    60 feet
  2. Julio Carballo Fields Field
    830 feet
  3. Julio Carballo Fields Playground
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Barretto Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Spofford Campus Public space
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyslope Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Recreation Center
    810 feet
  2. Hunts Point Post Office
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    290 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 13 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Faile 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.