Hunts Point, New York City

Name: Hunts Point
Address: New York City, United States

#2068 among attractions in New York City

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Hunts Point is a neighborhood located on a peninsula in the South Bronx of New York City. It is the location of one of the largest food distribution facilities in the world, the Hunts Point Cooperative Market. Its boundaries are the Bruckner Expressway to the west and north, the Bronx River to the east, and the East River to the south. Hunts Point Avenue is the primary street through Hunts Point. ()

Alternative names: Founded: 1849 (175 years ago)Area: 1.65 mi²Coordinates: 40°48'45"N, 73°53'2"W

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West Bronx (Hunts Point)New York City United States

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Hunts Point – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Barretto Point Park, Church of St. Anselm and St. Roch, Printers Park, Soundview Park.

0.5 miSW
Park
Barretto Point Park, New York City
14 min walk • Barretto Point Park is a waterfront public park on the East River located in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx. New York City. Its namesake is Francis J. Barretto, a 19th-century merchant and State Assemblyman who lived in the area.
1.1 miW
Church, Neoclassical architecture, Neo-byzantine architecture
Church of St. Anselm and St. Roch, New York City
30 min walk • The Church of St. Anselm is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 685 Tinton Avenue in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. It was established in 1891 and is staffed by the Order of Augustinian Recollects.
0.9 miNW
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Printers Park, New York City
23 min walk • Printer's Park is a small park on Hoe Avenue between Aldus Street and Westchester Avenue, in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. The park is run by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The park's name honors Richard March Hoe, who invented the Rotary printing press.
0.7 miE
Park
Soundview Park, New York City
19 min walk • Soundview Park is a 205-acre park on Clason Point in the southern portion of the Bronx, New York City. The park is adjacent to the Clason Point, Hunts Point, and Soundview neighborhoods, situated where the Bronx River flows into the East River, roughly opposite Rikers Island and LaGuardia Airport.
1 miN
Romanesque architecture, Synagogue, Romanesque revival architecture
Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx, New York City
27 min walk • Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx was a synagogue located at 1115 Ward Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
~1890 ftNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Sunnyslope, New York City
10 min walk • Sunnyslope is a historic home located in Hunts Point in the South Bronx in New York City. It was built about 1860 by Peter Hoe, brother of Richard March Hoe, on their family estate.
~1860 ftNW
Park
Julio Carballo Field, New York City
9 min walk • Julio Carballo Fields is a park in the Hunt's Point section of The Bronx, New York City. Originally called Manida Park, it was renamed in 1997 to honor Julio Carballo, who ran a neighborhood youth baseball program in the 1970s and 1980s.
1 miN
Church, Italianate architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
St. John Chrysostom's Church, New York City
27 min walk • St. John Chrysostom's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in the Morrisania section of the New York City borough of the Bronx.
1.6 miNW
Park
Estella Diggs Park, New York City
42 min walk • Estella Diggs Park is a 0.9-acre public park in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. It was built on one of many vacant lots in Morrisania that resulted after some of the neighborhood's buildings were abandoned and demolished in the 1960s.
1.1 miN
Park
Concrete Plant Park, New York City
28 min walk • Concrete Plant Park is a public park in the Longwood section of the Bronx, New York City. It consists of 7.39 acres located on the west bank of the Bronx River between Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard.
1.5 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Blessed Sacrament Church, New York City
39 min walk • The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Beach Avenue and Gleason Avenue, Soundview, the Bronx, New York City. The parish was established in 1927. It was merged into the parish of the Holy Family in 2015.

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Which popular attractions are close to Hunts Point?

Nearby attractions include Hunts Point Cooperative Market, New York City (9 min walk), Julio Carballo Field, New York City (9 min walk), Sunnyslope, New York City (10 min walk), Hunts Point Riverside Park, New York City (10 min walk).

How to get to Hunts Point by public transport?

The nearest stations to Hunts Point:

Metro

Hunts Point Avenue • Lines: <6>, 6 (18 min walk)
Longwood Avenue • Lines: 6 (18 min walk)