Garfield Street & Baker Avenue

Garfield Street and Baker Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Van Nest Park is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,010 feet
White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av · Bx22, Bx39
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Garfield Street & Baker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 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 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Station Villa” (2011) by Luisa Caldwell at the E 180 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av, 1,010 feet away, for the Bx22 and Bx39.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av Bx22, Bx39 · Shelter
    1,010 feet
    Bx22 Bx39
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1881 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Baker Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Baker Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Garfield Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Van Nest Memorial Park.

  1. Van Nest Memorial Stele, 1926
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Nest Park
    780 feet
  2. Van Nest Park Playground
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Dominics Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Baker Avenue or Garfield Street.

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