Murdock Avenue & Strang Avenue
Murdock Avenue and Strang Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. The corner is also named Reverend Dr. Samuel G. Simpson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Wake-Eden Christian Academy is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Baychester Av/Strang Av, is 780 feet away for the Bx16, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Baychester Av/Strang Av, 780 feet away, for the Bx16.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Baychester Av/Strang Av Bx16780 feetBx16
Next buses at this stop
- Bx16 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 1225 East 233rd Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10466
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 12
- Police precinct
- 47
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
- Elevation
- 112 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Reverend Dr. Samuel G. Simpson Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1962.
Trees
NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Reverend Dr. Samuel G. Simpson Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2016, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Strang Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
- 1 nature area
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Wake Eden Community Baptist Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K50 feet
- Wake-Eden Christian Academy School100 feet
- P.S. 068 Bronx School520 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Seton Falls Park Nature area830 feet
- High Rock Playground1,150 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Edenwald Library990 feet
Bank branches
- Citibank Bank branch850 feet
Supermarkets
- Gitto Farmer's Market Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Wilder Avenue & Strang Avenue 260 feet
- Hill Avenue & Strang Avenue 260 feet
- De Reimer Avenue & Strang Avenue 510 feet
- Monticello Avenue & Strang Avenue 510 feet
- Baychester Avenue & Strang Avenue 750 feet
- Seton Avenue & Strang Avenue 760 feet
- East 233rd Street & Murdock Avenue 770 feet
- East 233rd Street & Wilder Avenue 960 feet
See every intersection along Murdock Avenue or Strang Avenue.