Prospect Avenue & Kelly Street

Prospect Avenue and Kelly Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named Captain James McDonnell Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 264 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The Engine 73/Ladder 42 firehouse is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Prospect Av/Kelly St · Bx17
Within a walk
28 places
10 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Kelly Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St 6
    1,080 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River” (2023) by Glenn Goldberg at the E 149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Kelly St, 30 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Kelly St Bx17
    30 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 152nd Street and Prospect Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & E 151 St 21 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 264 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,523rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 161 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Captain James McDonnell Way (Local Law 23 of 2016, enacted on February 25, 2016) and Firefighter Peter A. Bielfeld Way (Local Law 25 of 2009, enacted on April 20, 2009).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 173 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 152nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 152nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Kelly Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Kelly Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical and Northern European Renaissance Revival, one each. They were built between 1900 and 1912.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    300 feet
  2. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    490 feet
  3. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    660 feet
Show all 8
  1. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School
    730 feet
  3. St Anselm School
    910 feet
  4. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    1,200 feet
  5. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Demera Santiago Garden
    300 feet
  2. Al Quiñones Playground
    300 feet
  3. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. The William Rainey Garden
    750 feet
  2. Abigail Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. El Flamboyan Garden
    1,030 feet
  4. Isla Verde Garden
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. St Margarets Episcopal Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Adams Community center
    1,150 feet
  2. Older adult center at 735 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station · landmark
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 152nd Street, Kelly Street or Prospect Avenue.

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