Bailey Avenue & Albany Crescent

Bailey Avenue and Albany Crescent meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Engine 81/Ladder 46 firehouse is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bailey Avenue.

Safety record
16 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Albany Cr/Bailey Av · Bx2
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bailey Avenue & Albany Crescent Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    940 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Cr/Bailey Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx2.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Cr/Bailey Av Bx2
    60 feet
    Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bailey Avenue.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingsbridge Terrace & W 230 St 20 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 370 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3031 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    160 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2014
  • Turn calming, June 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
14
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 1915 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albany Crescent

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Albany Crescent

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Bailey Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bailey Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 213435.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1901 and 1902.

  1. 40th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Stars Childcare Program VI Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Early Childhood Asso Kingsbrdge School
    900 feet
  3. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 5500 Broadway Pre-K center
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Marie Curie High School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions School
    1,060 feet
  2. The New School for Leadership and Journalism School
    1,060 feet
  3. P.S. 360 School
    1,180 feet
  4. Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crescent Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Washington's Walk Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Cooney Grauer Field
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 185 West 231st Street Older adult center
    830 feet
  2. Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Kingsbridge Post Office
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 81/Ladder 46 Fire station
    100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    500 feet
  2. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albany Crescent or Bailey Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.