Astor Avenue & Colden Avenue

Astor Avenue and Colden Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Allerton, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Astor Collegiate Academy is 400 feet away, and Collegiate Institute for Math and Science is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Williamsbridge Rd/Astor Av · Bx8
Within a walk
13 places
8 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Astor Avenue & Colden Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Pelham Pkwy 5
    0.3 miles
    5

Next trains at this station

Eastchester
1 line
  1. 5 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Williamsbridge Rd/Astor Av, 730 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Williamsbridge Rd/Astor Av Bx8
    730 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2290 White Plains Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2015
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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)
Allerton
Elevation
99 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Astor Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Colden Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Colden Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The New York Institute for Special Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    150 feet
  2. NY Institute of Special Educ. Annex School
    320 feet
  3. Astor Collegiate Academy School
    400 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bronxdale High School
    400 feet
  2. Collegiate Institute for Math and Science School
    400 feet
  3. High School of Language and Innovation School
    400 feet
  4. Pelham Preparatory Academy School
    400 feet
  5. NY Inst for Special Education School
    890 feet
  6. St Catharine's High School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Organic - Pelham Parkway Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    880 feet
  2. Mazzei Playground
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 975 Waring Avenue Older adult center
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along Astor Avenue or Colden Avenue.

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