Hoe Avenue & Freeman Street

Hoe Avenue and Freeman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Freeman Garden is 210 feet away, and St John Chrysostom School is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
180 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Southern Blvd/Freeman St · Bx19
Within a walk
30 places
19 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hoe Avenue & Freeman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    180 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. Whitlock Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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 Southern Blvd/Freeman St, 290 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/Freeman St Bx19
    290 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Freeman St & Southern Blvd 23 docks in all
    350 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
    0.6 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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 256 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Freeman Street

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

South side of Freeman Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hoe Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hoe Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Aid College Prep Charter School
    320 feet
  2. The Children’s Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  3. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Roman Catholic Church of St. John Chrysostom School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. St John Chrysostom School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freeman Garden
    210 feet
  2. Synergi Urban Garden
    260 feet
  3. Freeman Triangle
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. Model T Community Garden
    940 feet
  2. Cordelia’s Garden
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Boulevard Post Office
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 19 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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