Rev James A Polite Avenue & Freeman Street

Rev James A Polite Avenue and Freeman Street meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Model T Community Garden is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
910 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Prospect Av/Ritter Pl · Bx17
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rev James A Polite Avenue & Freeman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    910 feet
    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, 730 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Freeman St & Reverend James A Polite Ave 19 docks in all
    50 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 139 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of Freeman Street

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

East side of Rev James A Polite Avenue

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

West side of Rev James A Polite Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    480 feet
  2. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. Children's Aid College Prep Charter School
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Children’s Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cordelia’s Garden
    140 feet
  2. Model T Community Garden
    180 feet
  3. Synergi Urban Garden
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. Freeman Garden
    1,220 feet
  2. Rev J Polite Playground
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 82/Ladder 31 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Freeman Street or Rev James A Polite Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.