Prospect Avenue & Ritter Place

Prospect Avenue and Ritter Place meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Prospect Av/Ritter Pl · Bx17
Within a walk
19 places
12 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Ritter Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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, 110 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prospect Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & Jennings St 20 docks in all
    300 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
    1,300 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
64 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 159 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Prospect Avenue

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

North side of Ritter Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Ritter Place

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    480 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    770 feet
  2. Cordelia’s Garden
    940 feet
  3. Model T Community Garden
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Prospect Avenue or Ritter Place.

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.