Virginia Avenue & Wood Avenue

Virginia Avenue and Wood Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Parkchester Post Office is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks, and 20 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Metropolitan Av/Wood Av · Bx4A
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Virginia Avenue & Wood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    1,050 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Wood Av, 260 feet away, for the Bx4A.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Wood Av Bx4A
    260 feet
    Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 850 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Parkchester
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Virginia Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Virginia Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Wood Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    510 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Virginia Playground
    420 feet
  2. Virginia Park
    690 feet
  3. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wood Park
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Parkchester Post Office
    410 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    350 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Virginia Avenue or Wood Avenue.

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