Holland Avenue & Van Nest Avenue

Holland Avenue and Van Nest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The stele “Van Nest Memorial” is 640 feet away. The nearest bus stop, White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av, is 590 feet away for the Bx22 and Bx39, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av · Bx22, Bx39
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Holland Avenue & Van Nest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av, 590 feet away, for the Bx22 and Bx39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av Bx22, Bx39 · Shelter
    590 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, 0.8 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Holland Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Holland Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    520 feet
  2. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 School
    670 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Nest Park
    580 feet
  2. Van Nest Park Playground
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Solace Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Morris Park 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    980 feet
  3. St Dominics Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Holland Avenue or Van Nest Avenue.

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