West Burnside Avenue & Phelan Place

West Burnside Avenue and Phelan Place meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 396 is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Burnside Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1927, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Burnside Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
West Burnside Av/Phelan Pl · Bx40
Within a walk
11 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Burnside Avenue & Phelan Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Burnside Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Burnside Av 4
    0.5 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/Phelan Pl, 50 feet away, for the Bx40.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Burnside Av/Phelan Pl Bx40
    50 feet
    Bx40

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West Burnside Avenue.

  • 7 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
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 890 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 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 1923 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 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 October 2016 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Phelan Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Phelan Place

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

South side of West Burnside Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 226 School
    640 feet
  2. M.S. 390 School
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 396 School
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Charter High School for Law and Social Justice School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beanstalk Playground
    350 feet
  2. Cedar Playground
    460 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet
  2. Community center at West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Community center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 43/Ladder 59 Fire station
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    490 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 eight 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 Phelan Place or West Burnside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.