Van Cortlandt Park South & Mosholu Parkway

Van Cortlandt Park South and Mosholu Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx, at the edge of Van Cortlandt Park. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Patricks Home is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks. A bike lane separated from traffic runs through this corner.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Sedgwick Av/Dickinson Av · Bx1, Bx2, Bx10
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 1 golf course and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Cortlandt Park South & Mosholu Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mosholu Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Woodlawn
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 Sedgwick Av/Dickinson Av, 670 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2 and Bx10.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sedgwick Av/Dickinson Av Bx1, Bx2, Bx10 · Shelter
    670 feet
    Bx1 Bx2 Bx10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …
  3. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Cortlandt Park S & Dickinson Ave 25 docks in all
    80 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 3500 Dekalb Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village; the corner is on the edge of the Van Cortlandt Park area
Elevation
142 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 45 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Dickinson Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Dickinson Avenue

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

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    30 feet
  2. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    260 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jerome Park
    1,140 feet
  2. Mosholu Golf Course
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. James Baldwin Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. St Patricks Home Nursing home or hospice
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: 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 Dickinson Avenue, Mosholu Parkway or Van Cortlandt Park South.

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