Astor Avenue & Matthews Avenue

Astor Avenue and Matthews Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Allerton, Bronx. The corner is also named Peggy Braverman Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Astor Collegiate Academy is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
Pelham Pkwy/Bronxwood Av · Bx12
Within a walk
10 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Astor Avenue & Matthews Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Pelham Pkwy 5
    0.5 miles
    5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pelham Pkwy/Bronxwood Av, 1,140 feet away, for the Bx12.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pelham Pkwy/Bronxwood Av Bx12 · Shelter
    1,140 feet
    Bx12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2290 White Plains Road Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Allerton
Elevation
82 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Peggy Braverman Way, a co-naming enacted on March 7, 2012 (Local Law 14 of 2012).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 1947 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the common hackberry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Peggy Braverman Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2022 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Astor Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Astor Collegiate Academy School
    950 feet
  2. Bronxdale High School
    950 feet
  3. Collegiate Institute for Math and Science School
    950 feet
Show all 8
  1. High School of Language and Innovation School
    950 feet
  2. Pelham Preparatory Academy School
    950 feet
  3. The New York Institute for Special Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  4. Bronx House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  5. NY Institute of Special Educ. Annex School
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Parkway Community Center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Astor Avenue or Matthews Avenue.

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