Longfellow Avenue & Jennings Street

Longfellow Avenue and Jennings Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 3,119 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. X811 is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

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Longfellow Avenue & Jennings Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Whitlock Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jennings St/Bryant Av, 210 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jennings St/Bryant Av Bx35
    210 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Longfellow Avenue.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West Farms Rd & Boone Ave 20 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

In 2025, 3,119 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 282nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,627 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 77 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jennings Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Jennings Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Longfellow Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Longfellow Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. X811 School
    240 feet
  2. Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School
    260 feet
  3. P.S. 066 School of Higher Expectations School
    260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School
    420 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Daniel Boone Playground
    600 feet
  2. Freeman Triangle
    720 feet
  3. Starlight Park
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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