Orloff Avenue & Charles Halley Place

Orloff Avenue and Charles Halley Place meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and two places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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Orloff Avenue & Charles Halley Place Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bailey Av/Van Cortlandt PK South, 380 feet away, for the Bx10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bailey Av/Van Cortlandt PK South Bx10
    380 feet
    Bx10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bailey Ave & W 238 St 19 docks in all
    1,200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 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 1929 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 Callery pear.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Amalgamated Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    650 feet
  2. Fort Independence Playground
    1,260 feet
  3. Bailey Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building Library
    480 feet
  2. Fort Independence Historic District Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.