Heath Avenue & Fort Independence Street

Heath Avenue and Fort Independence Street meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. A designated landmark, 40th Police Precinct Station House, stands 510 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Fort Independence St/Heath Av · Bx3
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Heath Avenue & Fort Independence Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Independence St/Heath Av, 80 feet away, for the Bx3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Independence St/Heath Av Bx3
    80 feet
    Bx3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Giles Pl & Fort Independence St 19 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3031 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11 and 14 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
102 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the red maple.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1901 and 1902.

  1. 40th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Little Stars Childcare Program VI Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Early Childhood Asso Kingsbrdge School
    960 feet

Health care

  1. The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge Nursing home or hospice
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fort Independence Street or Heath Avenue.

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