Hunts Point Avenue & Whittier Street

Hunts Point Avenue and Whittier Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hunts Point Playground is 1,170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Halleck St/Food Center Dr, is 1,050 feet away for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and five places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Hunts Point Avenue.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
Halleck St/Food Center Dr · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
3 places
1 listed historic place, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hunts Point Avenue & Whittier Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halleck St/Food Center Dr, 1,050 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halleck St/Food Center Dr Bx6, Bx6 SBS
    1,050 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 Hunts Point Avenue.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hunts Point Ave & Bryant Ave 21 docks in all
    1,180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 11 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Red Jewel' crabapple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Hunts Point Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Hunts Point Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Whittier Street

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

West side of Whittier Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground Park
    380 feet
  2. Hunts Point Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hunts Point Avenue or Whittier Street.

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