Mosholu Parkway & Van Cortlandt Avenue East

Mosholu Parkway and Van Cortlandt Avenue East meet at a four-way crossing in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Kossuth Playground is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them schools, and one place to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
East Mosholu Pkwy North/Van Cortlandt Av East · Bx10, Bx16
Within a walk
14 places
4 schools, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mosholu Parkway & Van Cortlandt Avenue East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mosholu Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Woodlawn
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood-205 St D
    0.3 miles
    D
  2. Bedford Park Blvd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Metromorphosis/Birth of a Station” (2008) by Corinne Grondahl at the Mosholu Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Mosholu Pkwy North/Van Cortlandt Av East, 420 feet away, for the Bx10 and Bx16.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Mosholu Pkwy North/Van Cortlandt Av East Bx10, Bx16
    420 feet
    Bx10 Bx16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E Mosholu Pkwy & Van Cortlandt Ave E 22 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Norwood
Elevation
125 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 294 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 203 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the kousa dogwood.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 080 the Mosholu Parkway School
    740 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 280 Mosholu Parkway School
    740 feet
  3. Canarsie Children First Academy School
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Qsac Inc Day School Bronx School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kossuth Playground
    650 feet
  2. Risse Street Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Williamsbridge Oval Park · listed historic place
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Risse Street Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  2. Williamsbridge Oval Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Valentine Varian House Historic site
    990 feet
  2. Museum of Bronx History at Valentine Varian House Museum
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and 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 Mosholu Parkway or Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.