Lafayette Avenue & Barretto Street

Lafayette Avenue and Barretto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hunts Point Recreation Center is 590 feet away, and St Ignatius School is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Hunts Point Av/Coster St · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Barretto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Longwood Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hunts Point Av/Coster St, 780 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av/Coster St Bx6, Bx6 SBS
    780 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Hunts Point Ave 22 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    1,080 feet
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    570 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 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 May 2026.

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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 209 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the northern red oak and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Barretto Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Barretto Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 1 sign PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 54 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

  1. The BankNote; Lafayette Academy Designated landmark
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Ignatius School
    760 feet
  2. Leaders in Our Neighborhood CHS School
    870 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - la Peninsula HS School
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. La Peninsula Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Julio Carballo Fields Field
    60 feet
  2. Julio Carballo Fields Playground
    720 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyslope Listed historic place
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Post Office
    400 feet
  2. Hunts Point Recreation Center
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barretto Street or Lafayette Avenue.

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, 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.