Van Nest Avenue & Newport Avenue
Van Nest Avenue and Newport Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morris Park, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Albert Einstein College of Medicine is 1,030 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Morris Park Av/Seminole Av, is 540 feet away for the Bx21, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and five places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Morris Park Av/Seminole Av, 540 feet away, for the Bx21.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Morris Park Av/Seminole Av Bx21 · Shelter540 feetBx21
Next buses at this stop
- Bx21 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 1500 Williamsbridge Road Gas station0.5 miles
- 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 December 2016.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10461
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 13
- Police precinct
- 49
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Morris Park
- Elevation
- 60 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.
Trees
Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the American hornbeam.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 college
- 1 hospital
Schools and child care
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine College1,030 feet
Health care
- Montefiore Med Center - Jack D Weiler Hosp of a Einstein College DIV Hospital970 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- 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:
- Van Nest Avenue & Tenbroeck Avenue 250 feet
- Morris Park Avenue & Newport Avenue 320 feet
- Van Nest Avenue & Hering Avenue 510 feet
- Morris Park Avenue & Seminole Avenue 570 feet
- Morris Park Avenue & Tenbroeck Avenue 690 feet
- Jacobi Medical Center Access Road & Seminole Avenue 730 feet
- Yates Avenue & Van Nest Avenue 770 feet
- Tenbroeck Avenue & Pierce Avenue 970 feet
See every intersection along Newport Avenue or Van Nest Avenue.