Morris Park Avenue & Adams Street

Morris Park Avenue and Adams Street meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Lukes Evangelical Church is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
200 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Morris Park Av/Adams St · Bx21
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Park Avenue & Adams Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    200 feet
    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. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Station Villa” (2011) by Luisa Caldwell at the E 180 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Park Av/Adams St, 90 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Park Av/Adams St Bx21
    90 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Morris Park Avenue.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway at Cross Bronx Service Road N, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1198 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    1,010 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13 and 15 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
49 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1915 and 1928.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adams Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Adams Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Morris Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Morris Park Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Renaissance Revival and neo-Italian Renaissance, one each, and built between 1912 and 1915.

  1. New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad, Administration Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Fire Alarm Telegraph Bureau, Bronx Central Office Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

Schools and child care

  1. Phipps Neighborhoods Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Wings Academy School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Young Park
    870 feet
  2. Bronx Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    920 feet
  3. Bronx Park
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    360 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adams Street or Morris Park Avenue.

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