Bailey Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue West

Bailey Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue West meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center is 1,130 feet away, and Fort Independence Playground is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them playgrounds, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bailey Av/Van Cortlandt PK South · Bx10
Within a walk
9 places
3 playgrounds, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bailey Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bailey Av/Van Cortlandt PK South, 120 feet away, for the Bx10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bailey Av/Van Cortlandt PK South Bx10 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Bx10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Cortlandt Park S & Gouverneur Ave 25 docks in all
    1,220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 410 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 189 Van Cortlandt Avenue West Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,110 feet
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1935 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bailey Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Van Cortlandt Avenue West

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Amalgamated Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    120 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Stadium in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    1,180 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course
    1,220 feet
Show all 6
  1. Southwest Playground
    1,250 feet
  2. Fort Independence Playground
    1,250 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bailey Avenue or Van Cortlandt Avenue West.

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