Randall Avenue & Whittier Street

Randall Avenue and Whittier Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Halleck St/Spofford Av, is 1,120 feet away for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat.

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Randall Avenue & Whittier Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halleck St/Spofford Av, 1,120 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halleck St/Spofford Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS
    1,120 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Randall Avenue.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hunts Point Ave & Bryant Ave 21 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10474
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hunts Point
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 42 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Columbia' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Randall Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Randall Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Whittier Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Whittier Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground Park
    750 feet
  2. Hunts Point Playground
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Drake Park and Enslaved People's Burial Ground Listed historic place
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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