Holland Avenue & Lydig Avenue

Holland Avenue and Lydig Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. The corner is also named Mother Teresa Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
White Plains Rd/Lydig Av · Bx39
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Holland Avenue & Lydig Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    1,240 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Morris Park 5
    0.4 miles
    5
  2. Bronx Park East 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Lydig Av, 560 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Lydig Av Bx39
    560 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 61 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2090 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    1,110 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, September 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Mother Teresa Way (Local Law 25 of 2009, enacted on April 20, 2009) and Joe Chiodi Way (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,800 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 1929 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2023 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Holland Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Holland Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Lydig Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Lydig Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 208760, 213265, 214713 and 215466.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Young Voices Academy of the Bronx School
    640 feet
  2. P.S. 105 Sen Abraham Bernstein School
    690 feet
  3. Lil Inventors Child Care Wallace Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Ben Abrams Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    40 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Holland Avenue or Lydig Avenue.

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