Heath Avenue & Summit Place

Heath Avenue and Summit Place meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Early Childhood Asso Kingsbrdge is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Heath Av/Summit Pl · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
16 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Heath Avenue & Summit Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    1,160 feet
    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 Heath Av/Summit Pl, 110 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Heath Av/Summit Pl Bx1, Bx2
    110 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 233 St & Albany Crescent 20 docks in all
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1,280 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3031 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018
  • Enhanced crossing, August 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
14
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1924 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Heath Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Heath Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Summit Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Summit Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

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
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 field
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Stars Childcare Program VI Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    340 feet
  2. Early Childhood Asso Kingsbrdge School
    410 feet
  3. The Marie Curie High School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions School
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. The New School for Leadership and Journalism School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooney Grauer Field
    850 feet
  2. Crescent Park
    890 feet
  3. Bailey Playground
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Older adult center at 185 West 231st Street Older adult center
    1,050 feet
  3. Fort Independence Community Center Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 81/Ladder 46 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Heath Avenue or Summit Place.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.