Fox Street & Leggett Avenue

Fox Street and Leggett Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1911 and 1925, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Southern Blvd/Av Saint John · Bx19
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fox Street & Leggett Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Longwood Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 149 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/Av Saint John, 840 feet away, for the Bx19.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beck St & Leggett Ave 20 docks in all
    330 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. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fox Street

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

North side of Fox Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Fox Street

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

East side of Leggett Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Leggett Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 53 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1899 and 1900.

  1. St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova School
    280 feet
  2. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K · landmark
    960 feet
  3. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Park
    260 feet
  2. Fox Playground
    440 feet
  3. Al Quiñones Playground
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. The William Rainey Garden
    610 feet
  2. Demera Santiago Garden
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 Fox Street or Leggett 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.