Morris Avenue & Field Place

Morris Avenue and Field Place meet at a three-way junction in Fordham Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Academy for Personal Leadership and Excellence is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 183 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
183 St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Grand Concourse/Field Pl · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & Field Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 183 St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 183 St 4
    1,090 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Fordham Rd 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 182-183 Sts B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Many Trails” (2008) by Jose Ortiz at the 183 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/Field Pl, 640 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/Field Pl Bx1, Bx2
    640 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walton Ave & E 183 St 29 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2340 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fordham Heights
Elevation
137 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 1920 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 176 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Field Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Field Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Baroque Revival, and built between 1928 and 1929.

  1. Loew's Paradise Theater Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Personal Leadership and Excellence School
    270 feet
  2. P.S. 033 Timothy Dwight School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Slattery Playground
    1,130 feet
  2. Davidson Avenue Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  3. Creston Jungle Playground Garden
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 19 Ambulance station
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. V. Santini, Inc. Warehouse Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Love Gospel Assembly Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. Fordham Lutheran Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. Creston Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,240 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Field Place or Morris Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.