Morris Park Avenue & Garfield Street

Morris Park Avenue and Garfield Street meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Lukes Evangelical Church is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Morris Park Av/Taylor Av · Bx21
Within a walk
7 places
6 religious buildings and 1 zoo or aquarium, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Park Avenue & Garfield Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.3 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. Bronx Park East 2, 5
    0.4 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/Taylor Av, 220 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Park Av/Taylor Av Bx21
    220 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Morris Park Avenue.

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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1243 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Garfield Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Garfield Street

  • No parking 4 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Dominics Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Garfield Street or Morris Park Avenue.

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