Freeman Street & Boone Avenue

Freeman Street and Boone Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Daniel Boone Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitlock Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitlock Av
450 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Westchester Av/Whitlock Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
20 places
10 religious buildings, 4 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Freeman Street & Boone Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitlock Av, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitlock Av 6
    450 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Elder Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River View” (2010) by Barbara Grygutis at the Whitlock Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Whitlock Av, 390 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Whitlock Av Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
    390 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Home St & Westchester Ave 21 docks in all
    480 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. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1915 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2022 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Boone Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Freeman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School
    1,160 feet
  2. P.S. X811 School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Daniel Boone Playground
    60 feet
  2. Freeman Triangle
    570 feet
  3. Concrete Plant Park
    710 feet
Show all 8
  1. Starlight Park
    760 feet
  2. Bryant Triangle
    1,040 feet
  3. Bronx River Trail Nature area
    1,210 feet
  4. Longfellow Playground
    1,230 feet
  5. Silos in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boone Avenue or Freeman 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.