East Gun Hill Road & Duncomb Avenue

East Gun Hill Road and Duncomb Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Marcus Garvey Square is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
380 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/White Plains Rd · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    380 feet
    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. Burke Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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/White Plains Rd, 240 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/White Plains Rd Bx28, Bx38
    240 feet
    Bx28 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hull Ave & E Gun Hill Rd 18 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 620 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 641 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 4 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 February 2024.

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
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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 1935 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 223 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mindbuilders Creative Arts Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. City of Faith Christian School
    780 feet
  3. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcus Garvey Square
    270 feet
  2. D'Onofrio Square
    1,170 feet
  3. 211th Street Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. City of Faith Church of God House of worship
    280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Post Office
    620 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 62/Ladder 32 Fire station
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 21 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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