Van Nest Avenue & Unionport Road

Van Nest Avenue and Unionport Road meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The stele “Van Nest Memorial” is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Bronx Park East, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bronx Park East
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av · Bx22, Bx39
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Nest Avenue & Unionport Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bronx Park East, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Bronx Park East 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “B is for Birds in the Bronx” (2006) by Candida Alvarez at the Bronx Park East station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av, 340 feet away, for the Bx22 and Bx39.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av Bx22, Bx39 · Shelter
    340 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1881 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    1,310 feet
  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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Unionport Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Unionport Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No parking 4 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
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    490 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Nest Park
    120 feet
  2. Van Nest Park Playground
    150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Dominics Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Our Lady of Solace Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 90/Ladder 41 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 19 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Unionport Road 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.