Van Cortlandt Park East & Van Cortlandt Park Path

Van Cortlandt Park East and Van Cortlandt Park Path meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Van Cortlandt Park is 50 feet away, and Woodlawn Playground is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Katonah Av/E 242 St, is 70 feet away for the BxM4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Katonah Av/E 242 St · BxM4
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Cortlandt Park East & Van Cortlandt Park Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Katonah Av/E 242 St, 70 feet away, for the BxM4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Katonah Av/E 242 St BxM4
    70 feet
    BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Van Cortlandt Park East.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Jerome Avenue & East 233rd Street at Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 281 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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
10470
Community board
Bronx Community Board 26
City Council district
11
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Catholic School Region of Central Westchester - St. Barnabas School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    50 feet
  2. Northeast Forest in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    50 feet
  3. Woodlawn Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodlawn Heights Library
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Community Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. St Barnabas Church House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodlawn Post Office
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Van Cortlandt Park East.

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