Fox Street & Home Street

Fox Street and Home Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Paradise on Earth Community Garden is 600 feet away, and Assembly Christian Church is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
E 169 St/Intervale Av · Bx35
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fox Street & Home Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    1,080 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. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Whitlock Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 169 St/Intervale Av, 640 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 169 St/Intervale Av Bx35
    640 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 169 St & Fox St 19 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 149 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fox Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Fox Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Home Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Home Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Children’s Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Charles James Fox School
    1,060 feet
  3. Children's Aid College Prep Charter School
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Metropolitan High School, The School
    1,120 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of St. John Chrysostom School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Paradise on Earth Community Garden
    600 feet
  2. Field Of Dreams Court Park
    840 feet
  3. Rev J Polite Playground
    850 feet
Show all 8
  1. Synergi Urban Garden
    880 feet
  2. Model T Community Garden
    940 feet
  3. Freeman Garden
    1,100 feet
  4. Cordelia’s Garden
    1,210 feet
  5. Tiffany Playground
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assembly Christian Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Boulevard Post Office
    750 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 82/Ladder 31 Fire station
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 12 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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