Whittier Street & Viele Avenue

Whittier Street and Viele Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Viele Av/Whittier St, is 50 feet away for the Bx46, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Viele Av/Whittier St · Bx46
Within a walk
1 place
1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Whittier Street & Viele Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Viele Av/Whittier St, 50 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Viele Av/Whittier St Bx46
    50 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1101 Leggett Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 September 2024.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Viele Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Viele Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of Whittier Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Whittier Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground Park
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • 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 Viele Avenue or Whittier Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.