Matthews Avenue & Lydig Avenue

Matthews Avenue and Lydig Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Young Israel of Pelham Parkway Jewish Center is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Morris Park, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morris Park
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Pelham Pkwy/Muliner Av · Bx12
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Matthews Avenue & Lydig Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morris Park, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Park 5
    1,140 feet
    5

Next trains at this station

Eastchester
1 line
  1. 5 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pelham Pkwy/Muliner Av, 1,170 feet away, for the Bx12.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pelham Pkwy/Muliner Av Bx12 · Shelter
    1,170 feet
    Bx12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1930 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lydig Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Lydig Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 209414.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Young Voices Academy of the Bronx School
    220 feet
  2. Lil Inventors Child Care Wallace Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library
    480 feet
  2. Morris Park Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Pelham Parkway Jewish Center House of worship
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lydig Avenue or Matthews Avenue.

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