Fox Street & Avenue St John

Fox Street and Avenue St John meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Al Quiñones Playground is 360 feet away, and Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them schools, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Southern Blvd/Avenue Saint John · Bx19
Within a walk
19 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fox Street & Avenue St John Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St 6
    1,020 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Longwood Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River” (2023) by Glenn Goldberg at the E 149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/Avenue Saint John, 320 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/Avenue Saint John Bx19
    320 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & Ave St John 19 docks in all
    370 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. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer 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 September 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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1911 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue St John

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

West side of Avenue St John

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Fox Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built in 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova School
    530 feet
  2. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    1,020 feet
  2. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    1,170 feet
  3. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School
    1,260 feet
  4. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Al Quiñones Playground
    360 feet
  2. Demera Santiago Garden
    580 feet
  3. The William Rainey Garden
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fox Park
    880 feet
  2. El Flamboyan Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. Fox Playground
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station · landmark
    980 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue St John or Fox Street.

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.