Union Avenue & Jennings Street

Union Avenue and Jennings Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Concrete Dreams Community Garden is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Boston Rd/E 169 St · Bx21
Within a walk
29 places
17 religious buildings, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Jennings Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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 Boston Rd/E 169 St, 420 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 169 St Bx21
    420 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & Jennings St 20 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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)
Morrisania
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 174 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jennings Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Jennings Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    350 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  3. My First Step Enrichment Program 2 Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Hall Charter School
    1,230 feet
  2. P.S. 063 Author's Academy School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    160 feet
  2. McKinley Square
    600 feet
  3. Beatty Plaza
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Crotona Park
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morrisania Library
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1315 Franklin Avenue Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 24 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jennings Street or Union 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.