Lafayette Avenue & Ellsworth Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Ellsworth Avenue meet at a six-way junction in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Dean Av/Lafayette Av, is 1,040 feet away for the Bx8, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two. Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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Lafayette Avenue & Ellsworth Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dean Av/Lafayette Av, 1,040 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dean Av/Lafayette Av Bx8
    1,040 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

By car

A ramp to the Throgs Neck Expressway northbound starts at this corner.

  1. 2884 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2013.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10465
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1970.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.