Wallace Avenue & Morris Park Avenue

Wallace Avenue and Morris Park Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 is 270 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 ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bronx Park East
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Morris Park Av/Barnes Av · Bx21
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wallace Avenue & Morris Park Avenue 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 …

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 Morris Park Av/Barnes Av, 150 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Park Av/Barnes Av Bx21 · Shelter
    150 feet
    Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Morris Park Avenue.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway at Ranaqua Loop & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1982 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Morris Park Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Morris Park Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Wallace Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Wallace Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 208897 and 213840.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 School
    270 feet
  2. Playful Discoveries Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. Luminous Early Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Matthews Muliner Playground
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Solace Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Morris Park 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    360 feet
  3. St Marthas Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 90/Ladder 41 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    50 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 20 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Morris Park Avenue or Wallace Avenue.

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