Taylor Avenue & Van Nest Avenue

Taylor Avenue and Van Nest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Steam Bridge School is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1907 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Morris Park Av/Taylor Av · Bx21
Within a walk
12 places
8 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Taylor Avenue & Van Nest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Station Villa” (2011) by Luisa Caldwell at the E 180 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Park Av/Taylor Av, 730 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Park Av/Taylor Av Bx21
    730 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway at Cross Bronx Service Road N, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1243 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Taylor Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Taylor Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Nest Park
    930 feet
  2. Van Nest Park Playground
    960 feet
  3. Young Park
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. St Dominics Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Taylor Avenue or Van Nest Avenue.

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