East Gun Hill Road & Westervelt Avenue

East Gun Hill Road and Westervelt Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Baychester Post Office is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. A bus lane runs along East Gun Hill Road, all day.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Bartow Av/Gunther Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Gun Hill Rd 5
    0.4 miles
    5

Next trains at this station

Eastchester
1 line
  1. 5 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bartow Av/Gunther Av, 660 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bartow Av/Gunther Av Bx28, Bx38
    660 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

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Edson Avenue & New England Thruway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2801 Tiemann Avenue Gas station
    480 feet
  2. 1750 East Gun Hill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
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)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 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 1935 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

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 June 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Holy Rosary School
    930 feet
  2. Lucy's Little Angels 3k Center Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Givan Square Playground
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Protestant Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Holy Rosary Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Baychester Post Office
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Gun Hill Commons Shopping center
    0.3 miles

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 signal or safety change 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 Westervelt Avenue.

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