White Plains Road & Rhinelander Avenue

White Plains Road and Rhinelander Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. The corner is also named Ibrahim al-Hamdi Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Engine 90/Ladder 41 firehouse is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Bronx Park East, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bronx Park East
850 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
White Plains Rd/Rhinelander Av · Bx22, Bx39
Within a walk
7 places
5 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & Rhinelander Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bronx Park East, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Bronx Park East 2, 5
    850 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “B is for Birds in the Bronx” (2006) by Candida Alvarez at the Bronx Park East station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Rhinelander Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx22 and Bx39.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Rhinelander Av Bx22, Bx39 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Bx22 Bx39
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway at Ranaqua Loop & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1982 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, November 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 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
42 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ibrahim al-Hamdi Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Sugartyme' crabapple.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ibrahim al-Hamdi Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Rhinelander Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of White Plains Road

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of White Plains Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 214337.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marthas Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Our Lady of Solace Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 90/Ladder 41 Fire station
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 13 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 Rhinelander 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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.