Astor Avenue & Laconia Avenue

Astor Avenue and Laconia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Gardens, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Pelham Parkway Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Facility is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Williamsbridge Rd/Astor Av · Bx8
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Astor Avenue & Laconia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Pelham Pkwy 5
    770 feet
    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, 400 feet away, for the Bx8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Laconia Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2100 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

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
112 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

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 1940 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Astor Avenue

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

South side of Astor Avenue

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

East side of Laconia Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Laconia Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. St Catharine's High School
    790 feet
  2. The New York Institute for Special Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. NY Institute of Special Educ. Annex School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Organic - Pelham Parkway Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Pelham Parkway Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Facility Nursing home or hospice
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Astor Avenue or Laconia Avenue.

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