Ely Avenue & Nereid Avenue

Ely Avenue and Nereid Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bissel Gardens is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Nereid Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nereid Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Nereid Av/Bruner Av · Bx16, Bx39
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 garden and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ely Avenue & Nereid Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nereid Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nereid Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    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 “Leaf of Life” (2006) by Noel Copeland at the Nereid Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nereid Av/Bruner Av, 190 feet away, for the Bx16 and Bx39.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nereid Av/Bruner Av Bx16, Bx39
    190 feet
    Bx16 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx16 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
132 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. All Seasons Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bissel Gardens Garden
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ely 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.