Van Nest Avenue & Tenbroeck Avenue

Van Nest Avenue and Tenbroeck Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morris Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Loreto Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Morris Park Av/Seminole Av, is 470 feet away for the Bx21, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Van Nest Avenue & Tenbroeck Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Park Av/Seminole Av, 470 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Park Av/Seminole Av Bx21
    470 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

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.

  1. 1500 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Tenbroeck Avenue

  • Doctor plates only 6 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 Middle School
    1,110 feet
  2. Our Saviour Lutheran School
    1,110 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School VI School
    1,110 feet
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  1. Albert Einstein College of Medicine College
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Loreto Playground
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Med Center - Jack D Weiler Hosp of a Einstein College DIV Hospital
    720 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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