Cannon Place & Giles Place

Cannon Place and Giles Place meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Fort Independence St/Giles Pl · Bx3
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cannon Place & Giles Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 Fort Independence St/Giles Pl, 680 feet away, for the Bx3.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Independence St/Giles Pl Bx3
    680 feet
    Bx3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Giles Pl & Fort Independence St 19 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 189 Van Cortlandt Avenue West Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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
144 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cannon Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cannon Place

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Giles Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academiesat 3605 Sedgwick Avenue Pre-K center
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Independence Playground
    790 feet

Health care

  1. The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge Nursing home or hospice
    120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Independence Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cannon Place or Giles Place.

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.