Bronxwood Avenue & Astor Avenue

Bronxwood Avenue and Astor Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Allerton, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Bronxdale High School is 670 feet away, and Young Israel of Pelham Parkway Jewish Center is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Pelham Pkwy/Bronxwood Av · Bx12
Within a walk
12 places
7 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronxwood Avenue & Astor Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Pelham Pkwy 5
    0.4 miles
    5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pelham Pkwy/Bronxwood Av, 860 feet away, for the Bx12.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pelham Pkwy/Bronxwood Av Bx12 · Shelter
    860 feet
    Bx12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 800 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 1947 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and November 2024, 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 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Bronxwood Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 10 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bronxwood Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Astor Collegiate Academy School
    670 feet
  2. Bronxdale High School
    670 feet
  3. Collegiate Institute for Math and Science School
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. High School of Language and Innovation School
    670 feet
  2. Pelham Preparatory Academy School
    670 feet
  3. The New York Institute for Special Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  4. NY Institute of Special Educ. Annex School
    860 feet
  5. St Lucy School
    1,240 feet
  6. Bronx House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Pelham Parkway Jewish Center House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 975 Waring Avenue Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Astor Avenue or Bronxwood 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.