Heath Avenue & West Kingsbridge Road

Heath Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Riverbend Playground is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Marble Hill-225 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and seven places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
17 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marble Hill-225 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
West Kingsbridge Rd/Heath Av · Bx9
Within a walk
5 places
1 community center, 1 nursing home or hospice and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Heath Avenue & West Kingsbridge Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marble Hill-225 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Kingsbridge Rd/Heath Av, 50 feet away, for the Bx9.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Kingsbridge Rd/Heath Av Bx9 · Countdown sign
    50 feet
    Bx9
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 225 St & Exterior St 19 docks in all
    650 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. 2590 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
50 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1927 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 75 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Heath Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Heath Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West Kingsbridge Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Kingsbridge Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 310 Marble Hill School
    180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverbend Playground
    170 feet
  2. Major General John R Brown Triangle
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Fordham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Bailey Avenue-West 193rd Street Community center · listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    920 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    650 feet
  2. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Heath Avenue or West Kingsbridge Road.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.