Davidson Avenue & West Fordham Road

Davidson Avenue and West Fordham Road meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. The corner is also named Nilda Velazquez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 49 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Davidson Avenue Community Garden is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
49 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
West Fordham Rd/Jerome Av · Bx12
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Davidson Avenue & West Fordham Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fordham Rd 4
    310 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    1,320 feet
    B D
  2. 183 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Patriasana, Wholesomeland” (2005) by Moses Ros at the Fordham Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Fordham Rd/Jerome Av, 270 feet away, for the Bx12.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Fordham Rd/Jerome Av Bx12
    270 feet
    Bx12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …

Live arrivals

West Fordham Road carries a bus lane, 7am to 10am and 12pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Davidson Avenue.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Ave & W Fordham Rd 22 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2340 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    800 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 49 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018
  • Turn calming, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
120 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Nilda Velazquez Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1921 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 137 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Nilda Velazquez Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Davidson Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Davidson Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West Fordham Road

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Fordham Road

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207025, 210660, 211135 and 214299.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 college
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Training Center Trade or language school
    760 feet
  2. P.S. 033 Timothy Dwight School
    850 feet
  3. Monroe University College
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lil Inventors Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  2. Lil Inventors Child Care Aqueduct Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  3. Saint Dominic's Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet
  4. Tolentine Zeiser Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    440 feet
  2. Davidson Avenue Community Garden
    590 feet
  3. New Beginnings Community Garden
    660 feet
Show all 6
  1. Devoe Park
    810 feet
  2. Devoe Park Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Muller Triangle
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. University Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. James' Episcopal Church and Parish House Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fordham Lutheran Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. St James Episcopal Church Fordham House of worship
    950 feet
  3. St Nicholas of Tolentine RC Church House of worship
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Creston Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jerome Ave Post Office
    1,090 feet
  2. St James Recreation Center
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    440 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    230 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Davidson Avenue or West Fordham Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.