Hoe Avenue & Home Street

Hoe Avenue and Home Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Synergi Urban Garden is 180 feet away, and Benjamin Gladstone Square is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Bryant Av/Home St · Bx35
Within a walk
29 places
17 religious buildings, 4 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hoe Avenue & Home Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    730 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
    0.3 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 Bryant Av/Home St, 540 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bryant Av/Home St Bx35
    540 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Freeman St & Southern Blvd 23 docks in all
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.6 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
    0.8 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 274 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Hoe Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Hoe Avenue

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

North side of Home Street

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

South side of Home Street

  • No parking 4 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 29 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Roman Catholic Church of St. John Chrysostom School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. St John Chrysostom School
    550 feet
  3. The Children’s Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
Show all 4
  1. Children's Aid College Prep Charter School
    570 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Synergi Urban Garden
    180 feet
  2. Freeman Garden
    390 feet
  3. Freeman Triangle
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Field Of Dreams Court Park
    980 feet
  2. Benjamin Gladstone Square
    1,130 feet
  3. Bryant Triangle
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Boulevard Post Office
    470 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 82/Ladder 31 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hoe Avenue or Home Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.