East Gun Hill Road & Arnow Avenue

East Gun Hill Road and Arnow Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Baychester Post Office is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. A bus lane runs along East Gun Hill Road, all day.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Eastchester Rd · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 1 nursing home or hospice and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Gun Hill Road & Arnow Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Gun Hill Rd 5
    0.3 miles
    5

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/Eastchester Rd, 350 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Eastchester Rd Bx28, Bx38
    350 feet
    Bx28 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

East Gun Hill Road carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Edson Avenue & New England Thruway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2801 Tiemann Avenue Gas station
    970 feet
  2. 1750 East Gun Hill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
12 and 13 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
47 and 49 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 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 1940 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Gun Hill Road

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

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Holy Rosary School
    430 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Givan Square Playground
    160 feet

Health care

  1. Eastchester Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Rosary Church House of worship
    570 feet
  2. Community Protestant Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Baychester Post Office
    110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Gun Hill Commons Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arnow Avenue or East Gun Hill Road.

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