Prospect Avenue & Crotona Avenue

Prospect Avenue and Crotona Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 70 feet away, and P.S. 110 Theodore Schoenfeld is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Prospect Av/Boston Rd, is 320 feet away for the Bx17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Prospect Av/Boston Rd · Bx17
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Crotona Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Boston Rd, 320 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Boston Rd Bx17 · Shelter
    320 feet
    Bx17
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Crotona Avenue, Crotona Park East, Crotona Park South and Prospect Avenue.

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & Prospect Ave 19 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    1,130 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 269 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Crotona Park East

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Crotona Park East

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Crotona Park South

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  2. Mott Hall III School
    1,100 feet
  3. P.S. 110 Theodore Schoenfeld School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    70 feet
  2. Martin Van Buren Playground
    580 feet
  3. Damiana Pizarro Community Garden
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Playground Of The Stars Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. Carter Playground (7) Playground
    1,170 feet
  3. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crotona Avenue, Crotona Park East, Crotona Park South or Prospect 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.