Burke Avenue & Yates Avenue
Burke Avenue and Yates Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Gardens, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Eastchester Community Center is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/Laconia Av, is 520 feet away for the Bx30, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Laconia Av, 520 feet away, for the Bx30.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Boston Rd/Laconia Av Bx30520 feetBx30
Next buses at this stop
- Bx30 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Burke Avenue.
- 3 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 1124 East Gun Hill Road Gas station800 feet
- 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers1,180 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2017
- Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10469
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 12
- Police precinct
- 49
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pelham Gardens
- Elevation
- 77 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
Homes
About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Bloodgood' London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 23 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Burke Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Yates Avenue
- Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Yates Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 1 community center
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 older adult center
- 1 playground
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Bronxwood Allied Care & Continuing S Trade or language school980 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Eastchester Playground780 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Eastchester Houses Listed historic place860 feet
Community centers and public services
- Eastchester Community Center540 feet
- Older adult center at 1246 Burke Avenue Older adult center1,180 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Burke Avenue & Hering Avenue 260 feet
- Laconia Avenue & Burke Avenue 280 feet
- Boston Road & Burke Avenue 400 feet
- Boston Road & Laconia Avenue 490 feet
- Boston Road & Yates Avenue 510 feet
- Burke Avenue & Tenbroeck Avenue 520 feet
- Lurting Avenue & Burke Avenue 570 feet
- Adee Avenue & Yates Avenue 630 feet
See every intersection along Burke Avenue or Yates Avenue.