West 230th Street & Heath Avenue

West 230th Street and Heath Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. The Marie Curie High School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1928, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Albany Cr/Bailey Av · Bx2
Within a walk
13 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 230th Street & Heath Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Cr/Bailey Av, 510 feet away, for the Bx2.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Cr/Bailey Av Bx2
    510 feet
    Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingsbridge Terrace & W 230 St 20 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3031 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
14
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1920 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Heath Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 230th Street

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

South side of West 230th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Marie Curie High School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions School
    530 feet
  2. The New School for Leadership and Journalism School
    530 feet
  3. P.S. 360 School
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Early Childhood Asso Kingsbrdge School
    970 feet
  2. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 5500 Broadway Pre-K center
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington's Walk Park
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. Kingsbridge Post Office
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 81/Ladder 46 Fire station
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    660 feet
  2. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Heath Avenue or West 230th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.