Franklin Avenue & Jefferson Place

Franklin Avenue and Jefferson Place meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 630 feet away, and Iglesia Ni Cristo Church of Christ is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Franklin Av/E 169 St, is 930 feet away for the Bx35, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Franklin Av/E 169 St · Bx35
Within a walk
33 places
15 religious buildings, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Avenue & Jefferson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/E 169 St, 930 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/E 169 St Bx35
    930 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & E 169 St 19 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
95 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 174 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jefferson Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Jefferson Place

  • No parking 3 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 33 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mott Hall III School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 110 Theodore Schoenfeld School
    820 feet
  3. My First Step Enrichment Program 2 Pre-K
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. Mott Hall Charter School
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. 063 Author's Academy School
    1,110 feet
  3. Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics School
    1,150 feet
  4. Eximius College Preparatory Academy: a College Board School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    630 feet
  2. Damiana Pizarro Community Garden
    650 feet
  3. Beatty Plaza
    820 feet
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  1. Playground Of The Stars Playground
    850 feet
  2. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. McKinley Square
    1,160 feet
  4. Gouverneur Playground
    1,250 feet
  5. Drew Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morrisania Library
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Iglesia Ni Cristo Church of Christ House of worship
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1315 Franklin Avenue Older adult center
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or Jefferson Place.

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.