Waring Avenue & Lurting Avenue

Waring Avenue and Lurting Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Gardens, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Mazzei Playground is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them schools, and six places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Williamsbridge Rd/Astor Av · Bx8
Within a walk
13 places
7 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waring Avenue & Lurting 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.

  1. Pelham Pkwy 5
    0.3 miles
    5

Next trains at this station

Eastchester
1 line
  1. 5 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Williamsbridge Rd/Astor Av, 770 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Williamsbridge Rd/Astor Av Bx8
    770 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Allerton Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Gardens
Elevation
121 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lurting Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Lurting Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Waring Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Institute of Special Educ. Annex School
    970 feet
  2. St Catharine's High School
    1,120 feet
  3. The New York Institute for Special Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
Show all 8
  1. Astor Collegiate Academy School
    1,230 feet
  2. Bronxdale High School
    1,230 feet
  3. Collegiate Institute for Math and Science School
    1,230 feet
  4. High School of Language and Innovation School
    1,230 feet
  5. Pelham Preparatory Academy School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Organic - Pelham Parkway Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    430 feet
  2. Mazzei Playground
    610 feet

Health care

  1. Pelham Parkway Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Facility Nursing home or hospice
    240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 975 Waring Avenue Older adult center
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lurting Avenue or Waring Avenue.

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