Morris Park Avenue & Melville Street

Morris Park Avenue and Melville Street meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Zoo is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1906 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Morris Park Av/Melville St · Bx21
Within a walk
7 places
6 religious buildings and 1 zoo or aquarium, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Park Avenue & Melville Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    840 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  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/Melville St, 40 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Park Av/Melville St Bx21 · Shelter
    40 feet
    Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Morris Park Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1243 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of Melville Street

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

West side of Melville Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Morris Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Italian Renaissance, and built in 1912.

  1. New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad, Administration Building Designated landmark
    800 feet

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
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. St Dominics Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Melville 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.