Rev James A Polite Avenue & Home Street

Rev James A Polite Avenue and Home Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Metropolitan High School, The is 330 feet away, and Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School is 1,140 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, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,200 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
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Prospect Av/Home St · Bx17
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rev James A Polite 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 seven 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. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Intervale Av 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, 350 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & E 167 St 19 docks in all
    880 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.8 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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 August 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Home Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Home Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Rev James A Polite Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rev James A Polite Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Metropolitan High School, The School
    330 feet
  2. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1224 Prospect Avenue Pre-K center
    540 feet
  3. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    1,140 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bronx Latin School
    1,140 feet
  2. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    1,140 feet
  3. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    1,290 feet
  4. Urban Scholars Community School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rev J Polite Playground
    190 feet
  2. Paradise on Earth Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  3. Cordelia’s Garden
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Model T Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Davidson Community Center
    720 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 82/Ladder 31 Fire station
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten 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 Home 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.