Longwood Avenue & Spofford Avenue

Longwood Avenue and Spofford Avenue meet at a three-way junction 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. Julio Carballo Fields is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Longwood Av/Truxton St · Bx46
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Longwood Avenue & Spofford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Longwood Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Longwood Av/Truxton St, 180 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av/Truxton St Bx46
    180 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Barry St & Tiffany St 19 docks in all
    1,070 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet

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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 183 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Longwood Avenue

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

North side of Spofford Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS

South side of Spofford Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 field
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Jump for Success Pre-K
    530 feet
  2. La Peninsula Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - la Peninsula HS School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Julio Carballo Fields Field
    950 feet
  2. Barretto Park
    1,260 feet
  3. Julio Carballo Fields Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Spofford Campus Public space
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Recreation Center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Longwood Avenue or Spofford Avenue.

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