Matthews Avenue & Neill Avenue

Matthews Avenue and Neill Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx High School for the Visual Arts is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Bronx Park East, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and five places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bronx Park East
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
White Plains Rd/Bronxdale Av · Bx39
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 school and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Matthews Avenue & Neill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bronx Park East, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Bronx Park East 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “B is for Birds in the Bronx” (2006) by Candida Alvarez at the Bronx Park East station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Bronxdale Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx39.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Bronxdale Av Bx39
    0.3 miles
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway at Ranaqua Loop & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1982 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    480 feet
  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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Neill Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Neill Avenue

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

West side of Neill Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Shining Stars Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. Bronx High School for the Visual Arts School
    1,250 feet
  3. Companion SVCS - Assisting Wellness Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Matthews Avenue or Neill Avenue.

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