Baychester Avenue & Donizetti Place
Baychester Avenue and Donizetti Place meet at a three-way junction in Co-op City, Bronx. The corner is also named Gloria Wise Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 5,631 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. I.S. 181 Pablo Casals is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Baychester Av/Donizetti Pl, is 70 feet away for the Bx23, Bx25, Bx28 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Baychester Av/Donizetti Pl, 70 feet away, for the Bx23, Bx25, Bx28, Bx30 and two more.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Baychester Av/Donizetti Pl Bx23, Bx25, Bx28, Bx30 +270 feetBx23 Bx25 Bx28 Bx30 Bx38 Q50
Next buses at this stop
- Bx23 …
- Bx25 …
- Bx28 …
- Bx30 …
- Bx38 …
- Q50 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway northbound at Baychester Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2805 Edson Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 1750 East Gun Hill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022
- Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 5,631 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 140th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,327 more were issued.
| Direction on the ticket | 2025 | 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|
| Southbound on Baychester Avenue | 5,631 | 851 |
| Northbound on Baychester Avenue | – | 476 |
| Total | 5,631 | 1,327 |
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10475
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 12
- Police precinct
- 45
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Co-op City
- Elevation
- 37 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Gloria Wise Way, a co-naming enacted on December 5, 2006 (Local Law 50 of 2006).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 100 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 in 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Gloria Wise Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 83 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Baychester Avenue
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 19 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 10 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
West side of Baychester Avenue
- No parking 14 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Donizetti Place
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Donizetti Place
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 schools
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. 178 - Dr. Selman Waksman School540 feet
- P.S. X596 School540 feet
- I.S. 181 Pablo Casals School870 feet
Show all 7
- Bronx Health Sciences High School940 feet
- Harry S Truman High School940 feet
- P.S. X176 School940 feet
- P.S. 153 Helen Keller School1,170 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Universe Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:
- New England Thruway & East 222nd Street Pedestrian Overpass 570 feet
- Baychester Avenue & Darrow Place 940 feet
- New England Thrwy & East 222nd Street Pedestrian Overpass 1,210 feet
- Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street Pedestrian Overpass 1,270 feet
- Dreiser Loop & Defoe Place 0.3 miles
- Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street 0.3 miles
- New England Thruway & Baychester Avenue 0.3 miles
- Baychester Avenue & Co-Op City Boulevard 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Baychester Avenue.