Southern Boulevard & Longwood Avenue

Southern Boulevard and Longwood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 62 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fox Park is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and 13 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
32 hurt
62 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Longwood Av/Southern Blvd · Bx46
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & Longwood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Longwood Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av 6
    70 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Longwood Av/Southern Blvd, 60 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av/Southern Blvd Bx46
    60 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Longwood Ave & Southern Blvd 24 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.5 miles 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 62 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 32 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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, October 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022
  • 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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Longwood Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Longwood Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

West side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 48 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built in 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Athanasius School
    500 feet
  2. NP Ready Set Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Success Academy Bronx 3 CMS School
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3 School
    690 feet
  2. Longwood Preparatory Academy School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Park
    700 feet
  2. Bill Rainey Park
    860 feet
  3. Fox Playground
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunts Point Library
    1,070 feet
  2. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius RC Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 887 Southern Boulevard Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 41st Precinct Police station
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Longwood Avenue 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.