Van Cortlandt Park South & Gouverneur Avenue

Van Cortlandt Park South and Gouverneur Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx, at the edge of Van Cortlandt Park. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av, is 940 feet away for the Bx10, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them playgrounds, and one place to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av · Bx10
Within a walk
9 places
2 playgrounds, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Cortlandt Park South & Gouverneur Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Cortlandt Av W/Orloff Av, 940 feet away, for the Bx10.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 3500 Dekalb Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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; the corner is on the edge of the Van Cortlandt Park area
Elevation
95 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 114 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Gouverneur Avenue

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

West side of Gouverneur Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Van Cortlandt Park South

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Amalgamated Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. Ampark Neighborhood School
    800 feet
  3. P.S. 095 Sheila Mencher School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    40 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground
    80 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fort Independence Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. St Patricks Home Nursing home or hospice
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,070 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 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.