Allerton Avenue & Pearsall Avenue

Allerton Avenue and Pearsall Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Gardens, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Allerton Playground is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Allerton Av/Pearsall Av, is 40 feet away for the Bx25 and Bx26, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

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Allerton Avenue & Pearsall Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allerton Av/Pearsall Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx25 and Bx26.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allerton Av/Pearsall Av Bx25, Bx26
    40 feet
    Bx25 Bx26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx25 …
  2. Bx26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Allerton Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Southern Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1280 Allerton Avenue Gas station
    760 feet
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.8 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Gardens
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and July 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Pearsall Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pearsall Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 121 Throop School
    970 feet
  2. The Little House of the Dreams 3k Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. Little Stars Too Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Allerton Playground
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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