Baychester Avenue & Needham Avenue

Baychester Avenue and Needham Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Split Rock Rehabilitation and Health Care Center is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Baychester Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them schools, and five places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1962 and 1989, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Baychester Av
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Boston Rd/Baychester Av · Bx30, T113
Within a walk
9 places
5 schools, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Baychester Avenue & Needham Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Baychester Av, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Baychester Av 5
    1,260 feet
    5

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Baychester Av, 550 feet away, for the Bx30 and T113.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Baychester Av Bx30, T113
    550 feet
    Bx30 T113

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx30 …
  2. T113 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3800 Boston Road Gas station
    780 feet
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet
  3. 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
97 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 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 1962 and 1989.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Baychester Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Baychester Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Needham Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Needham Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Cardinal Spellman High School
    620 feet
  2. Baychester Academy School
    800 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Better Learning School
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 111 Seton Falls School
    800 feet
  2. Sco Family Services - Christopher School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stars & Stripes Playground
    870 feet
  2. Ujamaa Northeast Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Split Rock Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Palm Tree Marketplace Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. S&Y Fish & Meat Caribbean Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Baychester Avenue or Needham Avenue.

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