East Gun Hill Road & Dekalb Avenue

East Gun Hill Road and Dekalb Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mosholu Montefiore Community Center is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places and 33 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
17 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/De Kalb Av · Bx10
Within a walk
10 places
1 community center, 1 day care or pre-K site and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mosholu Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Woodlawn
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Woodlawn 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Metromorphosis/Birth of a Station” (2008) by Corinne Grondahl at the Mosholu Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/De Kalb Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx10.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/De Kalb Av Bx10 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Bx10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & E Gun Hill Rd 19 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 3500 Dekalb Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    90 feet
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2019
  • Turn calming, November 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
178 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 1926 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Dekalb Avenue (west side) and East Gun Hill Road (south side).

East side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East Gun Hill Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 208373, 209303, 213793, 214597 and 215508.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. Roshe Institute for Dental Office TR Trade or language school
    810 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    320 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    340 feet
  3. Sachkerah Woods Playground
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sachkerah Dog Run in Van Cortlandt Park Dog run
    870 feet

Health care

  1. North Central Bronx Hospital
    740 feet
  2. Bainbridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mosholu Montefiore Community Center
    170 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3450 Dekalb Avenue Older adult center
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    410 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.