Vyse Avenue & Home Street

Vyse Avenue and Home Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. The corner is also named P.O. Jorge Luis Gonzalez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Freeman Triangle is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Bryant Av/Home St · Bx35
Within a walk
32 places
20 religious buildings, 4 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vyse Avenue & Home Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    960 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Whitlock Av 6
    1,260 feet
    6
  2. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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 Bryant Av/Home St, 280 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bryant Av/Home St Bx35
    280 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 167 St & Bryant Ave 20 docks in all
    1,030 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

This corner is also named P.O. Jorge Luis Gonzalez Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 158 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on P.O. Jorge Luis Gonzalez Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Home Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Home Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Vyse Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Vyse Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St John Chrysostom School
    700 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of St. John Chrysostom School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. The Children’s Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Children's Aid College Prep Charter School
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Synergi Urban Garden
    450 feet
  2. Freeman Triangle
    640 feet
  3. Freeman Garden
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bryant Triangle
    1,040 feet
  2. Daniel Boone Playground
    1,200 feet
  3. Benjamin Gladstone Square
    1,230 feet
  4. Field Of Dreams Court Park
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Boulevard Post Office
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 16 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Home Street or Vyse 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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.