Union Avenue & Home Street

Union Avenue and Home Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Davidson Community Center is 250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Av/Home St, is 90 feet away for the Bx17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Union Av/Home St · Bx17
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Home Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Av/Home St, 90 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Av/Home St Bx17
    90 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.1 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
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Home Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Home Street

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

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Union Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Seventeen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical, and mostly built between 1902 and 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    360 feet
  2. Bronx Latin School
    360 feet
  3. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    360 feet
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  1. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    760 feet
  2. Urban Scholars Community School
    760 feet
  3. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1224 Prospect Avenue Pre-K center
    800 feet
  4. Metropolitan High School, The School
    1,120 feet
  5. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    690 feet
  2. Behagen Playground
    700 feet
  3. Youth Village Playground
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rev J Polite Playground
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Davidson Community Center
    250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Home Street or Union Avenue.

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