Van Cortlandt Avenue East & Risse Street

Van Cortlandt Avenue East and Risse Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Risse Street Community Garden is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Grand Concourse/Van Cortlandt Av East · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Cortlandt Avenue East & Risse Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mosholu Pkwy, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    840 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Woodlawn
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford Park Blvd B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Metromorphosis/Birth of a Station” (2008) by Corinne Grondahl at the Mosholu Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/Van Cortlandt Av East, 230 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/Van Cortlandt Av East Bx1, Bx2 · Shelter
    230 feet
    Bx1 Bx2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E Mosholu Pkwy S 21 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
143 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 428 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Risse Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Van Cortlandt Avenue East

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1901 and 1906.

  1. High Pumping Station Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Qsac Inc Day School Bronx School
    420 feet
  2. QSAC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Risse Street Park
    230 feet
  2. Risse Street Community Garden
    270 feet
  3. Kossuth Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Concourse Yard Entry Buildings (IND) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Risse Street or Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

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