Van Nest Avenue & Garfield Street

Van Nest Avenue and Garfield Street meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Dominics Church is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av · Bx22, Bx39
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Nest Avenue & Garfield Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.3 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, 900 feet away, for the Bx22 and Bx39.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av Bx22, Bx39 · Shelter
    900 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 1905 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Garfield Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Garfield Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Van Nest Avenue

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

South side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 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
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Nest Park
    680 feet
  2. Van Nest Park Playground
    710 feet
  3. Young Park
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Dominics Church House of worship
    790 feet
  2. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    980 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 12 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Garfield 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.