Edson Avenue & Nereid Avenue

Edson Avenue and Nereid Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bissel Gardens is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Nereid Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nereid Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Nereid Av/Edson Av · Bx16, Bx39, BxM11
Within a walk
2 places
1 garden and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edson Avenue & Nereid Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nereid Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nereid Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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. Wakefield-241 St 2
    0.4 miles
    2

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Leaf of Life” (2006) by Noel Copeland at the Nereid Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nereid Av/Edson Av, 50 feet away, for the Bx16, Bx39 and BxM11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nereid Av/Edson Av Bx16, Bx39, BxM11
    50 feet
    Bx16 Bx39 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx16 …
  2. Bx39 …
  3. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 610 Nereid Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
11 and 12 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
117 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Francis of Assisi School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bissel Gardens Garden
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edson Avenue or Nereid Avenue.

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