Van Nest Avenue & Fillmore Street

Van Nest Avenue and Fillmore Street meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Nest Park is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1906 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av · Bx22, Bx39
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Nest Avenue & Fillmore Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Station Villa” (2011) by Luisa Caldwell at the E 180 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av, 660 feet away, for the Bx22 and Bx39.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av Bx22, Bx39 · Shelter
    660 feet
    Bx22 Bx39
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway at Cross Bronx Service Road N, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1243 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    1 mile

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fillmore Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Fillmore Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Van Nest Avenue

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Van Nest Memorial Park.

  1. Van Nest Memorial Stele, 1926
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Nest Park
    430 feet
  2. Van Nest Park Playground
    470 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Dominics Church House of worship
    540 feet
  2. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fillmore Street or Van Nest Avenue.

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