Williamsbridge Road & Pierce Avenue

Williamsbridge Road and Pierce Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morris Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Williamsbridge Reformed Church is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Williamsbridge Rd/Pierce Av, is 60 feet away for the Bx8, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Hutchinson River Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Williamsbridge Rd/Pierce Av · Bx8
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsbridge Road & Pierce Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Williamsbridge Rd/Pierce Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Williamsbridge Rd/Pierce Av Bx8 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Bx8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1500 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morris Park
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Williamsbridge Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 9AM-9:30AM

West side of Williamsbridge Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 208220 and 214749.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Haven Charter High School
    960 feet
  2. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 Middle School
    1,310 feet
  3. Our Saviour Lutheran School
    1,310 feet
Show all 4
  1. South Bronx Classical Charter School VI School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Loreto Playground
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Williamsbridge Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    640 feet
  2. Montefiore Med Center - Jack D Weiler Hosp of a Einstein College DIV Hospital
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Williamsbridge Reformed Church House of worship
    260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 20/Squad 61 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Pierce Avenue or Williamsbridge Road.

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