White Plains Road & Lydig Avenue

White Plains Road and Lydig Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Park is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them playgrounds, and 29 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1936, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
White Plains Rd/Lydig Av · Bx39
Within a walk
8 places
2 playgrounds, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & Lydig Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    700 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Bronx Park East 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Morris Park 5
    0.5 miles
    5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Lydig Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Lydig Av Bx39
    40 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2090 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    960 feet
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    570 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2014
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Turn calming, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1929 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 64 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 12 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lydig Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Lydig Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-4:30PM

East side of White Plains Road

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of White Plains Road

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 206803, 214253, 214876 and 214970.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 105 Sen Abraham Bernstein School
    700 feet
  2. Young Voices Academy of the Bronx School
    1,180 feet
  3. Lil Inventors Child Care Wallace Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    550 feet
  2. Ben Abrams Playground
    600 feet
  3. Brady Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    160 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    610 feet
  3. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 26 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 Lydig Avenue or White Plains Road.

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