West 238th Street & Cannon Place

West 238th Street and Cannon Place 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 Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and two places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
W 238 St/Orloff Av · Bx3
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 238th Street & Cannon Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 238 St/Orloff Av, 300 feet away, for the Bx3.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 238 St/Orloff Av Bx3
    300 feet
    Bx3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & Giles Pl 20 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 189 Van Cortlandt Avenue West Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
106 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1927 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cannon Place

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cannon Place

  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 238th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 238th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academiesat 3605 Sedgwick Avenue Pre-K center
    360 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Independence Playground
    350 feet
  2. Bailey Playground
    960 feet

Health care

  1. The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Independence Historic District Listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building Library
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cannon Place or West 238th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.