Pelham Parkway South & Wallace Avenue

Pelham Parkway South and Wallace Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Young Israel of Pelham Parkway Jewish Center is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
850 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Pelham Pkwy/White Plains Rd · Bx12 SBS
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pelham Parkway South & Wallace Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    850 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Morris Park 5
    0.4 miles
    5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pelham Pkwy/White Plains Rd, 730 feet away, for the Bx12 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pelham Pkwy/White Plains Rd Bx12 SBS · Shelter
    730 feet
    Bx12 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 SBS …

Live arrivals

Pelham Parkway South carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2100 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 136 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Pelham Parkway South

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Wallace Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Young Voices Academy of the Bronx School
    1,200 feet
  2. Bronx House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  3. Lil Inventors Child Care Wallace Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library
    1,010 feet
  2. Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Pelham Parkway Jewish Center House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 990 Pelham Parkway South Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    900 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Pelham Parkway South or Wallace Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.