Hoe Avenue & Jennings Street

Hoe Avenue and Jennings Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Freeman Garden is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Southern Blvd/Jennings St · Bx19
Within a walk
27 places
16 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hoe Avenue & Jennings Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    950 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. 174 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Whitlock Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

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/Jennings St, 300 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/Jennings St Bx19
    300 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hoe Ave & Jennings St 20 docks in all
    40 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. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is 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 243 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hoe Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hoe Avenue

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

North side of Jennings Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Jennings Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  2. P.S. X811 School
    1,020 feet
  3. Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School
    1,040 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 066 School of Higher Expectations School
    1,040 feet
  2. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Children's Aid College Prep Charter School
    1,100 feet
  4. Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School
    1,200 feet
  5. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freeman Garden
    980 feet
  2. Synergi Urban Garden
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 910 East 172nd Street Older adult center
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    410 feet

Supermarkets

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

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 14 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hoe Avenue or Jennings 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.