Williamsbridge Road & Matthews Avenue

Williamsbridge Road and Matthews Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Allerton, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Boston Garden is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Burke Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and nine places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Burke Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Bronxwood Av/Adee Av · Bx8
Within a walk
4 places
1 garden, 1 library and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsbridge Road & Matthews Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Burke Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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. Allerton Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Literature” (2006) by Béatrice Coron at the Burke Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronxwood Av/Adee Av, 680 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronxwood Av/Adee Av Bx8 · Shelter
    680 feet
    Bx8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Southern Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 786 Burke Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
12
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Allerton
Elevation
129 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Williamsbridge Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Williamsbridge Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Williamsbridge Road

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 076 the Bennington School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boston Garden
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Allerton Library
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bronx Miracle Gospel Tabernacle Church House of worship
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,150 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and three 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Matthews Avenue or Williamsbridge Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.