Carnegie library building opened in 1929, is located at 877 Southern Boulevard. The Hunts Point library, designed by Carrère and Hastings in the Italian Renaissance style, was the last Carnegie library built for the New York Public Library system and is a New York City designated landmark. Transportation The following MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes serve Longwood: : to Westchester Square () or Third Avenue–149th Street () (via Westchester Avenue) : to Westchester Square () or Simpson Street () (via Westchester Avenue and Metropolitan Oval) : to Co-op City and Bay Plaza Shopping Center (via Bruckner Blvd, and Story Avenue) and Bx6 SBS: to Hunts Point or Riverside Drive, Manhattan (via 161st and 163rd Streets) : to Fordham Plaza or Port Morris (via Prospect and Crotona Avenues) : to New York Botanical Garden or Riverbank State Park (via 149th Street and Southern Boulevard) : to Clason Point (via Rosedale Avenue) : to Crotona Park East or George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal (via 167th Street) : to Prospect Avenue () or Hunts Point (via Longwood Avenue and Tiffany Street) The following New York City Subway stations serve Longwood: Whitlock Avenue () Simpson Street () Intervale Avenue () Hunts Point Avenue () Prospect Avenue () Longwood Avenue () East 149th Street () Notable natives Colin Powell lived on both Kelly Street and Fox Street, and attended Morris High School. References External links Longwood in Forgotten NY The Hunts Point Express Neighborhoods in the Bronx