Decatur Avenue & East 207th Street

Decatur Avenue and East 207th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 056 Norwood Heights is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood-205 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood-205 St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Webster Av/E 205 St · Bx41
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Decatur Avenue & East 207th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood-205 St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Norwood-205 St D
    1,090 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/E 205 St, 1,040 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Webster Av/E 205 St Bx41
    1,040 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hull Ave & E 209 St 14 docks in all
    900 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3210 Webster Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

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
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 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 1924 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Decatur Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Decatur Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 207th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 207th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 056 Norwood Heights School
    150 feet
  2. Luminous Early Childcare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 6 School
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Norwood School
    880 feet
  2. Bronx Community Charter School
    1,070 feet
  3. Bedford Park Elementary School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Park · listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Whalen Playground
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brendans Church House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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 Decatur Avenue or East 207th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.