Reservoir Oval East & Van Cortlandt Avenue East

Reservoir Oval East and Van Cortlandt Avenue East meet at a three-way junction in Norwood, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Williamsbridge Oval is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood-205 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Norwood-205 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Bainbridge Av/Van Cortlandt Av East · Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 +2
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Reservoir Oval East & Van Cortlandt Avenue East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood-205 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Norwood-205 St D
    770 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.5 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bainbridge Av/Van Cortlandt Av East, 130 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 and two more.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bainbridge Av/Van Cortlandt Av East Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 +2
    130 feet
    Bx10 Bx16 Bx28 Bx34 Bx38 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx16 …
  3. Bx28 …
  4. Bx34 …
  5. Bx38 …
  6. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Reservoir Oval E & Bainbridge Ave 16 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 641 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Norwood

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1924 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 199 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular Georgian, and built in 1758.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Williamsbridge Oval.

  1. Bronx River Soldier Statue by John Grignola, 1970
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 historic site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 080 the Mosholu Parkway School
    730 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 280 Mosholu Parkway School
    730 feet
  3. Canarsie Children First Academy School
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 6 School
    1,150 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Norwood School
    1,150 feet
  3. Brightstar Daycare at Rochambeau Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Park · listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. Williamsbridge Oval Playground
    200 feet
  3. Whalen Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Valentine Varian House Historic site
    40 feet
  2. Museum of Bronx History at Valentine Varian House Museum · landmark
    170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior House of worship
    910 feet
  2. St Brendans Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Holy Nativity Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
    210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Reservoir Oval East or Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

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