Longfellow Avenue & Viele Avenue

Longfellow Avenue and Viele Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground is 1,020 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Viele Av/Whittier St, is 220 feet away for the Bx46, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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Longfellow Avenue & Viele Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Viele Av/Whittier St, 220 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Viele Av/Whittier St Bx46
    220 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1101 Leggett Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Longfellow Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

West side of Longfellow Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Viele Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground Park
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

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
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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