Van Cortlandt Park South & Gale Place

Van Cortlandt Park South and Gale Place meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx, at the edge of Van Cortlandt Park. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are six public places. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Van Cortlandt Av W/Bailey Av · BxM3
Within a walk
6 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 golf course and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Cortlandt Park South & Gale Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Cortlandt Av W/Bailey Av, 570 feet away, for the BxM3.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Cortlandt Av W/Bailey Av BxM3
    570 feet
    BxM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Cortlandt Park S & Gouverneur Ave 25 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2020.

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; the corner is on the edge of the Van Cortlandt Park area
Elevation
88 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Shumard's oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of Van Cortlandt Park South

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Van Cortlandt Park South

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Amalgamated Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    40 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground
    660 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course
    720 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building Library
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gale Place or Van Cortlandt Park South.

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.