Rochambeau Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue East

Rochambeau Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue East meet at a four-way crossing in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Valentine Varian House is 340 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 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood-205 St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
East Mosholu Pkwy North/Van Cortlandt Av East · Bx10, Bx16
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rochambeau Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood-205 St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Mosholu Pkwy North/Van Cortlandt Av East, 290 feet away, for the Bx10 and Bx16.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Mosholu Pkwy North/Van Cortlandt Av East Bx10, Bx16
    290 feet
    Bx10 Bx16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx16 …

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
    630 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. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 3500 Dekalb Avenue 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

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
Elevation
147 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1925 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

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 June 2014 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Rochambeau Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Van Cortlandt Avenue East

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Van Cortlandt Avenue East

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 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
    350 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 280 Mosholu Parkway School
    350 feet
  3. Brightstar Daycare at Rochambeau Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Park · listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Williamsbridge Oval Playground
    580 feet
  3. Kossuth Playground
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Holy Nativity Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  3. St Brendans Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
    550 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,110 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 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rochambeau Avenue or Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.