Union Avenue & Ritter Place

Union Avenue and Ritter Place meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
E 169 St/Prospect Av · Bx35
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Ritter Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight 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 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 169 St/Prospect Av, 540 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 169 St/Prospect Av Bx35
    540 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union Ave & E 169 St 19 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

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

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    800 feet
  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
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 150 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ritter Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Ritter Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    350 feet
  2. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    1,070 feet
  3. Urban Scholars Community School
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    500 feet
  2. McKinley Square
    910 feet
  3. Beatty Plaza
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cordelia’s Garden
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 22 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ritter Place 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.