Whittier Street & Seneca Avenue

Whittier Street and Seneca Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Battalion 3/Engine 94/Ladder 48 firehouse is 880 feet away, and Emblaze Academy Charter School is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them parks, and three places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Hunts Point Av/Seneca Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Whittier Street & Seneca Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hunts Point Av/Seneca Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av/Seneca Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seneca Ave & Irvine St 19 docks in all
    1,060 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1163 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 1922 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Whittier Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Whittier Street

  • No parking 10 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

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Charter School for the Arts School
    1,190 feet
  2. Emblaze Academy Charter School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Hill Community Garden
    990 feet
  2. Garrison Park
    1,050 feet
  3. Hunts Point Riverside Park
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Hunts Point Avenue Rehab Community center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 3/Engine 94/Ladder 48 Fire station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and five 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Seneca Avenue or Whittier Street.

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.