Wallace Avenue & Lydig Avenue

Wallace Avenue and Lydig Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and 26 places to eat. About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1945, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
White Plains Rd/Lydig Av · Bx39
Within a walk
7 places
3 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wallace Avenue & Lydig Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Morris Park 5
    0.3 miles
    5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Lydig Av, 820 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Lydig Av Bx39
    820 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2090 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, November 2025

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
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,200 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 1930 and 1945.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lydig Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Lydig Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Wallace Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Wallace Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 208328 and 211820.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Young Voices Academy of the Bronx School
    380 feet
  2. Lil Inventors Child Care Wallace Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  3. P.S. 105 Sen Abraham Bernstein School
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Companion SVCS - Assisting Wellness Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  2. Bronx High School for the Visual Arts School
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lydig Avenue or Wallace Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.