East Gun Hill Road & Perry Avenue

East Gun Hill Road and Perry Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mosholu Parkway Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood-205 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and 13 places to eat. A bus lane runs along East Gun Hill Road, all day.

Safety record
10 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood-205 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Hull Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
6 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 nursing home or hospice and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood-205 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Norwood-205 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/Hull Av, 290 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Hull Av Bx28, Bx38
    290 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

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2019

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
148 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1936.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East Gun Hill Road (north side) and Perry Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on East Gun Hill Road (south side).

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS

West side of Perry Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Reservoir Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Reservoir Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207527, 214576 and 215008.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1889 and 1890.

  1. Williamsbridge Reservoir Keeper's House Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 094 Kings College School
    720 feet
  2. Luminous Early Childcare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Park · listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Williamsbridge Oval Playground
    710 feet

Health care

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

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East Gun Hill Road, Perry Avenue or Reservoir Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.