Lafayette Avenue & Longfellow Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Longfellow Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Academy for Multi-Media is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Hunts Point Av/Faile St · Bx6
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Longfellow Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.5 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, 920 feet away, for the Bx6.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lafayette Avenue and Longfellow Avenue.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Hunts Point Ave 22 docks in all
    840 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, June 2019

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1926 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 5 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Longfellow Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Longfellow Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built between 1859 and 1864.

  1. Sunnyslope Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 field
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Academy for Multi-Media School
    520 feet
  2. Leaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School
    520 feet
  3. Leaders in Our Neighborhood CHS School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hunts Point Riverside Park
    760 feet
  2. Julio Carballo Fields Field
    1,110 feet
  3. Hunts Point Playground
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Post Office
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 3/Engine 94/Ladder 48 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or Longfellow Avenue.

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