Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Orloff Avenue

Van Cortlandt Avenue West and Orloff Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Kids-Centric, Inc. van Cortland is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av, is 60 feet away for the Bx10, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and one place to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1,150 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av · Bx10
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Orloff Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av Bx10 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Bx10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & Hillman Ave 25 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 189 Van Cortlandt Avenue West Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,500 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 1932 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Orloff Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Orloff Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Orloff Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Orloff Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Van Cortlandt Avenue West

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Van Cortlandt Avenue West

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Van Cortlandt Avenue West

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Van Cortlandt Avenue West

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Amalgamated Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc. van Cortland School
    710 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Child Development Center van Cortlandt Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Ampark Neighborhood School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 095 Sheila Mencher School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Independence Playground
    510 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    710 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building Library
    440 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 Orloff Avenue or Van Cortlandt Avenue West.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.