Bainbridge Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue East

Bainbridge Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue East meet at a four-way crossing in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Williamsbridge Oval Playground is 290 feet away, and St Brendans Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood-205 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood-205 St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bainbridge Av/Van Cortlandt Av East · Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 +2
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bainbridge Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood-205 St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Norwood-205 St D
    690 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bainbridge Av/Van Cortlandt Av East, 40 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 and two more.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bainbridge Av/Van Cortlandt Av East Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 +2
    40 feet
    Bx10 Bx16 Bx28 Bx34 Bx38 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx16 …
  3. Bx28 …
  4. Bx34 …
  5. Bx38 …
  6. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Reservoir Oval E & Bainbridge Ave 16 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 3500 Dekalb Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Norwood
Elevation
161 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • 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 1924 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 165 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
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Bainbridge Avenue (east side).

West side of Bainbridge Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of Van Cortlandt Avenue East

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Van Cortlandt Avenue East

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 211814.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular Georgian, and built in 1758.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Williamsbridge Oval.

  1. Bronx River Soldier Statue by John Grignola, 1970
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 historic site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 080 the Mosholu Parkway School
    640 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 280 Mosholu Parkway School
    640 feet
  3. Canarsie Children First Academy School
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 6 School
    1,060 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Norwood School
    1,060 feet
  3. Brightstar Daycare at Rochambeau Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  4. J Sandra School of Beauty Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Park · listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Williamsbridge Oval Playground
    290 feet
  3. Whalen Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Valentine Varian House Historic site
    50 feet
  2. Museum of Bronx History at Valentine Varian House Museum · landmark
    200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior House of worship
    820 feet
  2. St Brendans Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Holy Nativity Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
    300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    950 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bainbridge Avenue or Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.