Whittier Street & Garrison Avenue

Whittier Street and Garrison Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Concrete Plant Park is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1928, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Bronx River Av/Bruckner Blvd · Bx5
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Whittier Street & Garrison Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronx River Av/Bruckner Blvd, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronx River Av/Bruckner Blvd Bx5
    0.3 miles
    Bx5

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Garrison Avenue.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Faile St & Garrison Ave 19 docks in all
    870 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway at Bruckner Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1163 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10474
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hunts Point
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Garrison Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Garrison Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of Whittier Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Whittier Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Charter School for the Arts School
    430 feet
  2. Emblaze Academy Charter School
    960 feet
  3. P.S. 75 School of Research and Discovery School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garrison Park
    290 feet
  2. Concrete Plant Park
    800 feet
  3. Bryant Hill Community Garden
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lyons Square Playground
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 Garrison Avenue or Whittier Street.

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