East Gun Hill Road & Decatur Avenue

East Gun Hill Road and Decatur Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 4,026 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Williamsbridge Oval Playground is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and 12 places to eat. A bus lane runs along East Gun Hill Road, all day.

Safety record
13 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Hull Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
7 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 listed historic place and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Gun Hill Road & Decatur 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 seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood-205 St D
    0.5 miles
    D

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/Hull Av, 170 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Hull 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hull Ave & E Gun Hill Rd 18 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 630 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 641 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    940 feet
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 4,026 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 46th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 1,399 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
116 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 1927 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

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

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 209850, 214261 and 218772.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Luminous Early Childcare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 094 Kings College School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Park · listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Williamsbridge Oval Playground
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. Mosholu Parkway Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Keeper's House, Williamsbridge Reservoir Listed historic place
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    340 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 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 Gun Hill Road.

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