West Farms Road & Home Street

West Farms Road and Home Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Synergi Urban Garden is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitlock Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitlock Av
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
West Farms Rd/Longfellow Av · Bx35
Within a walk
32 places
16 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Farms Road & Home Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitlock Av, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitlock Av 6
    780 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    1,260 feet
    2 5
  2. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River View” (2010) by Barbara Grygutis at the Whitlock Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Farms Rd/Longfellow Av, 170 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Farms Rd/Longfellow Av Bx35
    170 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Home St & Westchester Ave 21 docks in all
    630 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
    0.4 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 January 2021.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Home Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Home Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of West Farms Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of West Farms Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of West Farms Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. X811 School
    850 feet
  2. St John Chrysostom School
    1,170 feet
  3. Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School
    1,190 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 066 School of Higher Expectations School
    1,190 feet
  2. Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School
    1,220 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of St. John Chrysostom School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  4. The Children’s Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freeman Triangle
    160 feet
  2. Daniel Boone Playground
    720 feet
  3. Bryant Triangle
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Synergi Urban Garden
    930 feet
  2. Longfellow Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Freeman Garden
    1,140 feet
  4. Concrete Plant Park
    1,210 feet
  5. Starlight Park
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Boulevard Post Office
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Home Street or West Farms Road.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.