Decatur Avenue & East 205th Street

Decatur Avenue and East 205th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bedford Park Elementary School is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood-205 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and 19 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood-205 St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Webster Av/E 205 St · Bx41
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Decatur Avenue & East 205th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood-205 St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Norwood-205 St D
    560 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/E 205 St, 370 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Webster Av/E 205 St Bx41
    370 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 205 St & Webster Ave 16 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3210 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Norwood
Elevation
113 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1922 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 121 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Decatur Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Decatur Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of East 205th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 205th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 211394 and 211774.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Community Charter School
    410 feet
  2. Bedford Park Elementary School
    540 feet
  3. P.S. 056 Norwood Heights School
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. J Sandra School of Beauty Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 6 School
    1,160 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Norwood School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whalen Playground
    560 feet
  2. Bronx Park
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mosholu Library
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brendans Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Holy Nativity Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Decatur Avenue or East 205th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.