Yates Avenue & Van Nest Avenue
Yates Avenue and Van Nest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morris Park, Bronx. The corner is also named Henry M. Piccoli Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Our Saviour Lutheran School is 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Williamsbridge Rd/Morris Park Av, is 820 feet away for the Bx8, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Williamsbridge Rd/Morris Park Av, 820 feet away, for the Bx8.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Williamsbridge Rd/Morris Park Av Bx8820 feetBx8
Next buses at this stop
- Bx8 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Yates Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 1500 Williamsbridge Road Gas station0.4 miles
- 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 October 2020.
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
- 72 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Henry M. Piccoli Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 700 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Henry M. Piccoli Way.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 1 hospital
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 Middle School590 feet
- Our Saviour Lutheran School590 feet
- South Bronx Classical Charter School VI School590 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Loreto Playground600 feet
Health care
- Montefiore Med Center - Jack D Weiler Hosp of a Einstein College DIV Hospital1,250 feet
Houses of worship
- Williamsbridge Reformed Church House of worship820 feet
Bank branches
- Citibank Bank branch870 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Van Nest Avenue & Hering Avenue 260 feet
- Williamsbridge Road & Van Nest Avenue 280 feet
- Van Nest Avenue & Tenbroeck Avenue 520 feet
- Van Nest Avenue & Tomlinson Avenue 560 feet
- Morris Park Avenue & Yates Avenue 580 feet
- Yates Avenue & Pierce Avenue 760 feet
- Van Nest Avenue & Newport Avenue 770 feet
- Van Nest Avenue & Haight Avenue 820 feet
See every intersection along Van Nest Avenue or Yates Avenue.