Morris Park Avenue & Lurting Avenue

Morris Park Avenue and Lurting Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morris Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 Middle School is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Morris Park Av/Hone Av, is 210 feet away for the Bx21, T113 and BxM10, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Hutchinson River Parkway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Morris Park Av/Hone Av · Bx21, T113, BxM10
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Park Avenue & Lurting Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Park Av/Hone Av, 210 feet away, for the Bx21, T113 and BxM10.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Park Av/Hone Av Bx21, T113, BxM10
    210 feet
    Bx21 T113 BxM10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. T113 …
  3. BxM10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Morris Park Avenue.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2007 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    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 eight 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morris Park
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Lurting Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Lurting Avenue

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

North side of Morris Park Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Morris Park Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 210247 and 211587.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 Middle School
    990 feet
  2. Our Saviour Lutheran School
    990 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School VI School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Loreto Playground
    310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morris Park Library
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Powerhouse St Luke Church of God in Christ House of worship
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 Lurting Avenue 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.