Norwood

Neighborhood · Bronx

Bordered on the north by Van Cortlandt Park and Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwood lies in the northwest Bronx between Mosholu Parkway and the Bronx River.

  • 0.56 square miles
  • 43,466 residents, 2020 Census
  • 107 street corners
  • 3 subway stations
  • 14 bus routes

It began as a dairy farm owned by the Varian family, whose name lives on in the Valentine-Varian House, an 18th-century fieldstone farmhouse that became a city landmark in 1966 and now holds the Museum of Bronx History. The name may be a shortening of North Woods, and the area is also known as Bainbridge, after the shopping strip at Bainbridge Avenue and East 204th Street. A late-19th-century reservoir here was later turned into Williamsbridge Oval, a park with playgrounds, courts and a football field.

Sources: Norwood, Bronx (Wikipedia); Norwood (Bronx Community Board 7); Varian House (LP-0119), Designation Number 1, March 15, 1966 (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission).

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Norwood borders seven areas, and Bainbridge Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 15 of 107.

Street map of Norwood, Bronx, outlined among Bedford Park, Bronx Park, Woodlawn Cemetery and Van Cortlandt Park, with its three subway stations and Williamsbridge Oval.Van Cortlandt ParkWoodlawn CemeteryWilliamsbridge-OlinvilleBronx ParkBelmontBedford ParkKingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
  • Norwood
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Woodlawn lines 4
  • Mosholu Pkwy lines 4 accessible
  • Norwood-205 St lines D

Getting around

Three subway stations and buses on 14 routes stop in or at the edge of Norwood.

  • 3 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 13 local bus routes
  • 1 express bus route

Local bus routes

  • Bx1
  • Bx2
  • Bx10
  • Bx16
  • Bx25
  • Bx26
  • Bx28
  • Bx34
  • Bx38
  • Bx41
  • Bx41-SBS
  • BX95
  • T127

Express bus route

  • BxM4

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Bronx corner.

  • 1,435 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 13.4 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner
  • 6 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 32 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
20
Leading pedestrian intervals
18
Turn calming
5
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
3
Enhanced crossings
2

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more bus-lane camera tickets than school-zone speed or red-light tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 5,701 school-zone speed camera tickets at four corners
  • 8,771 bus-lane camera tickets at four corners
Most speed tickets
Bainbridge Avenue & East 213th Street, 3,743
Most bus-lane tickets
East Gun Hill Road & Decatur Avenue, 4,026

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 43,466 residents in Norwood, about 77,600 per square mile.

  • 15,908 homes, 2020 Census
  • 1,264 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 853 residential lots hold buildings from 1923 or earlier, and 87% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
18.9 acres of Williamsbridge Oval, as NYC Parks maps it within Norwood
Designated landmarks
The Williamsbridge Reservoir Keeper's House, the Isaac Valentine House, 52nd Police Precinct Station House and 52nd Police Precinct Station House - Stable

Streets and trees

Trees
4,647 in NYC Parks' records, most often pin oak, thornless honeylocust and red maple
Street with the most corners
Bainbridge Avenue, with 15 of the area's 107
Height above sea level
From 64 feet at Webster Avenue & East 201st Street to 193 feet at Bainbridge Avenue & East 210th Street
Honorary street names
2 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 12 schools and one library in Norwood.

Public schools
8
Charter and private schools
4
Library
Mosholu Library

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 19 bike-share stations stand in Norwood. The City's public art inventory lists two works in the area: Bronx Victory Memorial (1925) and Bronx River Soldier (1970).

  • 19 bike-share stations
  • 2 works of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 700 major felonies at places in Norwood.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Norwood

  • 633 major felonies in 2024
  • 1,617 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Norwood, the NYPD recorded another 126 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 19.0 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Norwood.

Police precinct
52nd
Major felonies recorded at places in Norwood, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 336 major felonies at places in Norwood, against 324 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.