Lafayette Avenue & Faile Street

Lafayette Avenue and Faile Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Sunnyslope stands 170 feet away, and Hunts Point Riverside Park is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Hunts Point Av/Faile St · Bx6
Within a walk
24 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Faile Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.4 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/Faile St, 400 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av/Faile St Bx6 · Shelter
    400 feet
    Bx6
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1163 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1922 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 106 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Faile Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Faile Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Lafayette Avenue

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

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 25 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

  1. Sunnyslope Designated landmark
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Leaders in Our Neighborhood CHS School
    610 feet
  2. Bronx Academy for Multi-Media School
    840 feet
  3. Leaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Ignatius School
    1,070 feet
  2. P.S. 048 Joseph R. Drake School
    1,120 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - la Peninsula HS School
    1,260 feet
  4. La Peninsula Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet
  5. Emblaze Academy Charter School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Julio Carballo Fields Field
    590 feet
  2. Hunts Point Playground
    990 feet
  3. Julio Carballo Fields Playground
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bryant Hill Community Garden
    1,190 feet
  2. Hunts Point Riverside Park
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Post Office
    530 feet
  2. Community center at Hunts Point Avenue Rehab Community center
    1,140 feet
  3. Hunts Point Recreation Center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 3/Engine 94/Ladder 48 Fire station
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Faile Street or Lafayette Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.