White Plains Road & Unionport Road at Baker Avenue

White Plains Road, Unionport Road and Baker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Steam Bridge School is 420 feet away. The nearest bus stop, White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av, is 410 feet away for the Bx22 and Bx39, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av · Bx22, Bx39
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & Unionport Road at Baker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av, 410 feet away, for the Bx22 and Bx39.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Van Nest Av Bx22, Bx39 · Shelter
    410 feet
    Bx22 Bx39
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1881 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    800 feet
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2020

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 57 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Baker Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Baker Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Unionport Road

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Unionport Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Unionport Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Unionport Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of White Plains Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Van Nest Memorial Park.

  1. Van Nest Memorial Stele, 1926
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    420 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Nest Park
    180 feet
  2. Van Nest Park Playground
    380 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Dominics Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Baker Avenue, Unionport Road or White Plains Road.

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