Prospect Avenue & Home Street

Prospect Avenue and Home Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Rev J Polite Playground is 510 feet away, and Marie Brooks Community Garden is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Prospect Av/Home St · Bx17
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Home Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5
  2. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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/Home St, 170 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Home St Bx17
    170 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prospect Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & E 167 St 19 docks in all
    620 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Home Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Home Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1224 Prospect Avenue Pre-K center
    350 feet
  2. Metropolitan High School, The School
    670 feet
  3. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bronx Latin School
    810 feet
  2. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    810 feet
  3. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    950 feet
  4. Urban Scholars Community School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rev J Polite Playground
    510 feet
  2. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Behagen Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    570 feet
  2. Mount Horab Congregation House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Davidson Community Center
    380 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 82/Ladder 31 Fire station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Home 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.