Prospect Avenue & Freeman Street

Prospect Avenue and Freeman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Model T Community Garden is 830 feet away, and NYC Autism Charter School Bronx is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Prospect Av/Ritter Pl · Bx17
Within a walk
24 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Freeman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

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
  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 …

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Ritter Pl, 140 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Ritter Pl Bx17
    140 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prospect Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union Ave & E 169 St 19 docks in all
    520 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. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 162 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Freeman Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Freeman Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Prospect Avenue

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

West side of Prospect Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    730 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    1,120 feet
Show all 6
  1. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    1,260 feet
  2. Urban Scholars Community School
    1,260 feet
  3. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1224 Prospect Avenue Pre-K center
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cordelia’s Garden
    680 feet
  2. Model T Community Garden
    830 feet
  3. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. McKinley Square
    1,100 feet
  2. Rev J Polite Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 82/Ladder 31 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 20 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 Freeman Street 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.