Cruger Avenue & Maran Place

Cruger Avenue and Maran Place meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 105 Sen Abraham Bernstein is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and 30 places to eat. About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
White Plains Rd/Lydig Av · Bx39
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cruger Avenue & Maran Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    1,280 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Bronx Park East 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Morris Park 5
    0.5 miles
    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 White Plains Rd/Lydig Av, 570 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Lydig Av Bx39
    570 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2090 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    1,150 feet

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1929 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Cruger Avenue (east side).

West side of Cruger Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Maran Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Maran Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204512, 206804, 206805 and 208759.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 105 Sen Abraham Bernstein School
    120 feet
  2. Young Voices Academy of the Bronx School
    1,200 feet
  3. Lil Inventors Child Care Wallace Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    760 feet
  2. Ben Abrams Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Brady Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    600 feet
  3. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    340 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 27 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cruger Avenue or Maran Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.