Bailey Avenue & Van Cortlandt Park South at Van Cortlandt Avenue West

Bailey Avenue, Van Cortlandt Park South and Van Cortlandt Avenue West meet at a five-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Cortlandt Stadium in Van Cortlandt Park is 1,080 feet away, and Bailey Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them playgrounds.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Van Cortlandt Av W/Bailey Av · BxM3
Within a walk
8 places
3 playgrounds, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bailey Avenue & Van Cortlandt Park South at 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Cortlandt Park-242 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Cortlandt Av W/Bailey Av, 40 feet away, for the BxM3.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Cortlandt Av W/Bailey Av BxM3
    40 feet
    BxM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM3 …

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
    1,130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 310 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
    1,010 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1940 and 1964.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 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

West side of Bailey Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Van Cortlandt Avenue West

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Van Cortlandt Park South

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 6AM-9AM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Amalgamated Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    70 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Stadium in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    1,080 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course
    1,130 feet
Show all 6
  1. Southwest Playground
    1,150 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground
    1,190 feet
  3. Bailey Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building Library
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bailey Avenue, Van Cortlandt Avenue West or Van Cortlandt Park South.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.