East Gun Hill Road & Capuchin Way

East Gun Hill Road and Capuchin Way meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Academy of Health Careers is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them schools, and nine places to eat. A bus lane runs along East Gun Hill Road, all day.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
16 places
7 schools, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Gun Hill Road & Capuchin Way Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    990 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Sun (Mi Sol), My Planet (Mi Planeta) and My City (Mi Ciudad)” (2006) by Andrea Arroyo at the Gun Hill Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av, 260 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av Bx28, Bx38
    260 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

  • 4 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1949 and 1971.

Since 2014 at least 303 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East Gun Hill Road (north side).

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 216400.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 5 School
    160 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 6 School
    160 feet
  3. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bronx Aerospace High School
    840 feet
  2. Bronx Lab School
    840 feet
  3. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    840 feet
  4. High School of Computers and Technology School
    840 feet
  5. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 211th Street Community Garden
    820 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Square
    920 feet
  3. Gun Hill Playground
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. City of Faith Church of God House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Post Office
    680 feet
  2. Gun Hill Community Center
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 Capuchin Way or East Gun Hill Road.

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