Fox Street & Barretto Street

Fox Street and Barretto Street meet at a five-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hunts Point Library is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them schools, and 21 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
E 163 St/Fox St · Bx6
Within a walk
18 places
6 schools, 2 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fox Street & Barretto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    1,080 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 163 St/Fox St, 490 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/Fox St Bx6
    490 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 163 St & Tiffany St 19 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1,270 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 401 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barretto Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Barretto Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Fox Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Simpson Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Simpson Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1928 and 1929.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists School
    390 feet
  2. NY Healthcare School Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Accion Academy School
    1,010 feet
Show all 8
  1. School of Performing Arts School
    1,010 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School
    1,010 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    1,010 feet
  4. NP Ready Set Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  5. St Athanasius School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Black Joy Farm Garden
    850 feet
  2. Monsignor Raul Del Valle Square
    1,010 feet
  3. Bill Rainey Park
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Del Valle Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. St Vincent Depaul Residence Nursing home or hospice
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunts Point Library Landmark
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius RC Church House of worship
    400 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 887 Southern Boulevard Older adult center
    410 feet
  2. Hunts Point Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barretto Street, Fox Street or Simpson 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.