Barker Avenue & Reiss Place

Barker Avenue and Reiss Place meet at a three-way junction in Allerton, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Ghana United Methodist Church is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1937 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
920 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Boston Rd/Thwaites Pl · Bx30, BxM11
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barker Avenue & Reiss Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    920 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 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 Boston Rd/Thwaites Pl, 760 feet away, for the Bx30 and BxM11.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Thwaites Pl Bx30, BxM11
    760 feet
    Bx30 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx30 …
  2. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Park East & Bronx River Parkway, 540 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2290 White Plains Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
15
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Allerton
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1937 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Barker Avenue

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

North side of Reiss Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Reiss Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 096 Richard Rodgers School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    470 feet
  2. Waring Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ghana United Methodist Church House of worship
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    800 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barker Avenue or Reiss Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.