Kelly Street & Longwood Avenue
Kelly Street and Longwood Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named African Jazz Art Society & Studio Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Longwood Preparatory Academy is 180 feet away, and the 41st Precinct is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Longwood Av, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Longwood Av 6780 feet6
Next trains at this station
Northbound
1 line- 6 …
Manhattan
1 line- 6 …
Also within a walk
- Prospect Av 2, 51,120 feet2 5
- Intervale Av 2, 50.4 miles2 5
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Longwood Av/Kelly St, 60 feet away, for the Bx46.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Longwood Av/Kelly St Bx4660 feetBx46
Next buses at this stop
- Bx46 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Longwood Avenue.
- 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Longwood Ave & Southern Blvd 24 docks in all780 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017
- Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10459
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 17
- Police precinct
- 41
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Longwood
- Elevation
- 48 feet above sea level
This corner is also named African Jazz Art Society & Studio Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1928.
Trees
NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on African Jazz Art Society & Studio Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 15 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Kelly Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of Kelly Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Longwood Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
West side of Longwood Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, 158 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1898 and 1900.
- St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark700 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.
- 7 religious buildings
- 6 schools
- 3 listed historic places
- 3 playgrounds
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 5 other places
Schools and child care
- Longwood Preparatory Academy School180 feet
- Success Academy Bronx 3 CMS School200 feet
- Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3 School200 feet
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- Prospect Family Residence Pre-K · landmark580 feet
- NP Ready Set Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K880 feet
- The Longwood Academy of Discovery School1,110 feet
- P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School1,300 feet
- St Athanasius School1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bill Rainey Park50 feet
- Wishing Well Garden730 feet
- Dawson Playground810 feet
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- Al Quiñones Playground1,040 feet
- Fox Park1,200 feet
- Fox Playground1,300 feet
Health care
- St Vincent Depaul Residence Nursing home or hospice1,310 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Longwood Historic District Listed historic place490 feet
- Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place1,040 feet
- Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place1,150 feet
Houses of worship
- United Church Landmark700 feet
- St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark800 feet
- Christian Church House of worship1,140 feet
Fire and police
- 41st Precinct Police station1,060 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket950 feet
- Fine Fare Supermarket0.4 miles
- Bravo Supermarket0.4 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store860 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 26 food stores.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Longwood Avenue & Beck Street 260 feet
- Longwood Avenue & Dawson Street 270 feet
- Rev James A Polite Avenue & Dawson Street 450 feet
- Fox Street & Longwood Avenue 520 feet
- Longwood Avenue & Hewitt Place 530 feet
- East 156th Street & Kelly Street 640 feet
- Southern Boulevard & Longwood Avenue 810 feet
- Kelly Street & Leggett Avenue 860 feet
See every intersection along Kelly Street or Longwood Avenue.