Southern Boulevard & Barretto Street

Southern Boulevard and Barretto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. The corner is also named Father Louis R. Gigante Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Athanasius RC Church is 450 feet away, and St Athanasius School is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them schools, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Southern Blvd/Tiffany St · Bx19
Within a walk
18 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & Barretto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    960 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Longwood Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/Tiffany St, 390 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/Tiffany St Bx19 · Shelter
    390 feet
    Bx19
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Southern Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & Tiffany St 20 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1,120 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024
  • Turn calming, July 2025

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)
Hunts Point
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Father Louis R. Gigante Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 310 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Father Louis R. Gigante Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barretto Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Barretto Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 WEDNESDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-THURSDAY 6AM-10AM

West side of Southern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 217849 and 221893.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1928 and 1929.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Healthcare School Trade or language school
    490 feet
  2. Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists School
    690 feet
  3. St Athanasius School
    1,070 feet
Show all 7
  1. Accion Academy School
    1,300 feet
  2. School of Performing Arts School
    1,300 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School
    1,300 feet
  4. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Monsignor Raul Del Valle Square
    880 feet
  2. Black Joy Farm Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Mildred T. Rhodebeck Garden (Garden of Eden) Garden
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Del Valle Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunts Point Library Landmark
    460 feet
  2. Hunts Point Rail Station Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius RC Church House of worship
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 887 Southern Boulevard Older adult center
    300 feet
  2. Hunts Point Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Barretto Street or Southern Boulevard.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.