Lurting Avenue & Pierce Avenue

Lurting Avenue and Pierce Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morris Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Williamsbridge Reformed Church is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Williamsbridge Rd/Pierce Av, is 770 feet away for the Bx8, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

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Lurting Avenue & Pierce Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Williamsbridge Rd/Pierce Av, 770 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Williamsbridge Rd/Pierce Av Bx8 · Shelter
    770 feet
    Bx8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1500 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morris Park
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

North side of Pierce Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Loreto Playground
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Williamsbridge Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Williamsbridge Reformed Church House of worship
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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