Home Street & Forest Avenue

Home Street and Forest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Morris High School Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Marie Brooks Community Garden is 40 feet away, and Estella Diggs Park is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 168 St, is 600 feet away for the Bx21. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Boston Rd/E 168 St · Bx21
Within a walk
30 places
11 religious buildings, 9 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Home Street & Forest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 168 St, 600 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 168 St Bx21
    600 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & E 167 St 21 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
82 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Forest Avenue

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

North side of Home Street

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

South side of Home Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Morris High School Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 58 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical, and mostly built between 1900 and 1903.

  1. Morris High School Outbuilding Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania Rectory Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    640 feet
  3. Bronx Latin School
    640 feet
Show all 10
  1. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    640 feet
  2. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    770 feet
  3. Urban Scholars Community School
    770 feet
  4. Bronx International High School
    850 feet
  5. High School for Violin and Dance School
    850 feet
  6. Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies School · landmark · listed historic place
    850 feet
  7. Harriet Tubman Charter School Junior Academy School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    40 feet
  2. Youth Village Playground
    260 feet
  3. Behagen Playground
    1,010 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hines Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Hines Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Estella Diggs Park
    1,180 feet
  4. Genesis Community Garden
    1,260 feet
  5. McKinley Square
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Davidson Community Center
    910 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 three places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Forest 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.