Oak Point Avenue & Hunts Point Avenue at Drake Street

Oak Point Avenue, Hunts Point Avenue and Drake Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three 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 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Halleck St/Food Center Dr, is 660 feet away for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Halleck St/Food Center Dr · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
2 places
1 listed historic place and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Oak Point Avenue & Hunts Point Avenue at Drake Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halleck St/Food Center Dr, 660 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halleck St/Food Center Dr Bx6, Bx6 SBS
    660 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hunts Point Ave & Bryant Ave 21 docks in all
    0.3 miles

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. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and July 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Drake Street

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

West side of Drake Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of Hunts Point Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Hunts Point Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Oak Point Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Drake Park and Enslaved People's Burial Ground Listed historic place
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    530 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Drake Street, Hunts Point Avenue or Oak Point 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.