Morris Park Avenue & Matthews Avenue

Morris Park Avenue and Matthews Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. The corner is also named Beatrice Castiglia Catullo Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Our Lady of Solace Church is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Morris Park Av/Barnes Av, is 150 feet away for the Bx21, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Morris Park Av/Barnes Av · Bx21
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Park Avenue & Matthews Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Park Av/Barnes Av, 150 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Park Av/Barnes Av Bx21
    150 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Morris Park Avenue.

  • 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1982 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
50 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Beatrice Castiglia Catullo Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).

The streets

  • Up to three 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.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Beatrice Castiglia Catullo Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Morris Park Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Morris Park Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 214434 and 215333.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Playful Discoveries Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet
  2. Luminous Early Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Matthews Muliner Playground
    130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Morris Park 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Our Lady of Solace Church House of worship
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Matthews Avenue or Morris Park Avenue.

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