Hunts Point Avenue & Spofford Avenue

Hunts Point Avenue and Spofford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hunts Point Recreation Center is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Hunts Point Av/Spofford Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hunts Point Avenue & Spofford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hunts Point Av/Spofford Av, 20 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av/Spofford Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS · Shelter
    20 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hunts Point Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hunts Point Ave & Bryant Ave 21 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 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.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 146 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hunts Point Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of Hunts Point Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Spofford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Spofford Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 048 Joseph R. Drake School
    350 feet
  2. Bronx Academy for Multi-Media School
    670 feet
  3. Leaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. La Peninsula Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Sunshine Devel - la Peninsula HS School
    950 feet
  3. St Ignatius School
    1,140 feet
  4. Leaders in Our Neighborhood CHS School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hunts Point Playground
    60 feet
  2. Julio Carballo Fields Field
    1,000 feet
  3. Julio Carballo Fields Playground
    1,010 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Spofford Campus Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyslope Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Recreation Center
    980 feet
  2. Hunts Point Post Office
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    310 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Hunts Point Avenue or Spofford 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.