Eastchester Road & Astor Avenue

Eastchester Road and Astor Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Gardens, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 22 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. East Haven Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is 450 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Eastchester Rd/Astor Av, is 120 feet away for the Bx31, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Hutchinson River Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Eastchester Rd/Astor Av · Bx31
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eastchester Road & Astor Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Eastchester Rd/Astor Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Eastchester Rd/Astor Av Bx31 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Bx31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Eastchester Road.

  • 2 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 & Stillwell Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 22 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,887th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Gardens
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Astor Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Astor Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Eastchester Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Eastchester Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Amazing Kids Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Kings Education Services Preschool
    960 feet
  3. Icahn Charter School 3 School
    1,250 feet
Show all 5
  1. Icahn Charter School 4 School
    1,250 feet
  2. Icahn Charter School 5 School
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. East Haven Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Lutheran Church House of worship
    670 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 97 Fire station
    400 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Astor Avenue or Eastchester Road.

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