West Burnside Avenue & Loring Place South

West Burnside Avenue and Loring Place South meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Calvary Methodist Church is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Burnside Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1926, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Burnside Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
West Burnside Av/Loring Pl South · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Burnside Avenue & Loring Place South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Burnside Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Burnside Av 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “How to get to the moon...” (2008) by Laura Battle at the Burnside Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Burnside Av/Loring Pl South, 40 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Burnside Av/Loring Pl South Bx40, Bx42 · Shelter
    40 feet
    Bx40 Bx42
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West Burnside Avenue.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & W Burnside Ave 17 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1764 University Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
88 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1922 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 53 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Loring Place South

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Loring Place South

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West Burnside Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West Burnside Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 390 School
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 396 School
    620 feet
  3. Charter High School for Law and Social Justice School
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 226 School
    910 feet
  2. Shield Institute Bronx School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beanstalk Playground
    630 feet
  2. Cedar Playground
    730 feet
  3. Aqueduct Walk Park
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 43/Ladder 59 Fire station
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Loring Place South or West Burnside Avenue.

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