Barnes Avenue & East Gun Hill Road

Barnes Avenue and East Gun Hill Road meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 983 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bronx Aerospace High School is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them schools, and nine places to eat. A bus lane runs along East Gun Hill Road, all day.

Safety record
15 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
17 places
8 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & East Gun Hill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Sun (Mi Sol), My Planet (Mi Planeta) and My City (Mi Ciudad)” (2006) by Andrea Arroyo at the Gun Hill Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av, 50 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av Bx28, Bx38
    50 feet
    Bx28 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

East Gun Hill Road carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 983 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 780th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 620 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 between 1962 and 1973.

Since 2014 at least 89 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barnes Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Barnes Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East Gun Hill Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    460 feet
  2. Bronx Aerospace High School
    460 feet
  3. Bronx Lab School
    460 feet
Show all 9
  1. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    460 feet
  2. High School of Computers and Technology School
    460 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 5 School
    530 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 6 School
    530 feet
  5. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  6. Kids-Centric, Inc. Natly Esnard School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 211th Street Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. Gun Hill Playground
    1,210 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Square
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Post Office
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barnes Avenue or East Gun Hill Road.

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