East Gun Hill Road & Colden Avenue

East Gun Hill Road and Colden Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Kids-Centric, Inc. Natly Esnard is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them schools, and five places to eat. A bus lane runs along East Gun Hill Road, all day.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Paulding Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
11 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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/Paulding Av, 170 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Paulding Av Bx28, Bx38
    170 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

  • 11 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1124 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 83 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Colden Avenue

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

West side of Colden Avenue

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

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-3PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM 3PM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 208443.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Kids-Centric, Inc. Natly Esnard School
    170 feet
  2. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    240 feet
  3. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    880 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bronx Aerospace High School
    880 feet
  2. Bronx Lab School
    880 feet
  3. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    880 feet
  4. High School of Computers and Technology School
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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