Freeman Street & Lyman Place

Freeman Street and Lyman Place meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. The corner is also named Hetty Fox Lane by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Cordelia’s Garden is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Prospect Av/Ritter Pl · Bx17
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Freeman Street & Lyman Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Ritter Pl, 210 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Ritter Pl Bx17
    210 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Freeman St & Reverend James A Polite Ave 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 two crashes 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2021.

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
62 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Hetty Fox Lane, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Hetty Fox Lane.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Freeman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Lyman Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lyman Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    860 feet
  2. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    990 feet
  3. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Metropolitan High School, The School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cordelia’s Garden
    550 feet
  2. Model T Community Garden
    700 feet
  3. Rev J Polite Playground
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  2. McKinley Square
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 82/Ladder 31 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 18 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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