Hunts Point Avenue & East Bay Avenue

Hunts Point Avenue and East Bay Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Halleck St/Food Center Dr, is 110 feet away for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and three places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Halleck St/Food Center Dr · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
2 places
1 listed historic place and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hunts Point Avenue & East Bay Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halleck St/Food Center Dr, 110 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halleck St/Food Center Dr Bx6, Bx6 SBS
    110 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East Bay Avenue and Hunts Point Avenue.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hunts Point Ave & Bryant Ave 21 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1101 Leggett Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10474
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hunts Point
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the English oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2024 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Bay Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of East Bay Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Halleck Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Hunts Point Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Hunts Point Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground Park
    410 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Drake Park and Enslaved People's Burial Ground Listed historic place
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, homes within 820 feet 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 East Bay Avenue or Hunts Point Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.