East Gun Hill Road & Laconia Avenue

East Gun Hill Road and Laconia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Gardens, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Kids-Centric, Inc. Natly Esnard is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Gun Hill Rd/Boston Rd, is 460 feet away for the Bx28 and Bx38, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Boston Rd · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/Boston Rd, 460 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Boston Rd Bx28, Bx38
    460 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

A marked bike lane runs on Laconia Avenue.

  • 13 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1124 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    520 feet
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    880 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

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)
Pelham Gardens
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 89 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Gun Hill Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Laconia Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Laconia Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 204336.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bronxwood Allied Care & Continuing S Trade or language school
    440 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc. Natly Esnard School
    1,190 feet
  3. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence - 3 & 4 Middle School
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.