East Gun Hill Road & Gunther Avenue

East Gun Hill Road and Gunther Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Gardens, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Community Protestant Church is 350 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lodovick Av/Allerton Av, is 240 feet away for the Bx25 and Bx26, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and three places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Hutchinson River Parkway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Lodovick Av/Allerton Av · Bx25, Bx26
Within a walk
7 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lodovick Av/Allerton Av, 240 feet away, for the Bx25 and Bx26.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lodovick Av/Allerton Av Bx25, Bx26
    240 feet
    Bx25 Bx26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx25 …
  2. Bx26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & New England Thruway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1738 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    530 feet
  2. 1750 East Gun Hill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1,140 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

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

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12 and 13 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
47 and 49 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Gardens
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Gun Hill Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Gunther Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Gunther Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Charter School for Better Learning II School
    670 feet
  2. J.H.S. 144 Michelangelo School
    670 feet
  3. Pelham Gardens Middle School
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lucy's Little Angels 3k Center Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Burns Playground
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Protestant Church House of worship
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,070 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Gun Hill Commons Shopping center
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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