Orloff Avenue & Cannon Place

Orloff Avenue and Cannon Place (north-east) meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and one place to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av · Bx10
Within a walk
11 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Orloff Avenue & Cannon Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av, 340 feet away, for the Bx10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av Bx10
    340 feet
    Bx10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & Hillman Ave 25 docks in all
    1,150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 189 Van Cortlandt Avenue West Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cannon Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cannon Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cannon Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Orloff Avenue

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Orloff Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Amalgamated Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc. van Cortland School
    1,060 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Child Development Center van Cortlandt Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. Ampark Neighborhood School
    1,230 feet
  3. P.S. 095 Sheila Mencher School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Independence Playground
    860 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building Library
    90 feet
  2. Fort Independence Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    670 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cannon Place or Orloff Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.