Eastchester Road & Burke Avenue

Eastchester Road and Burke Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Presbyterian Church of Ghana is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
14 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Eastchester Rd/Burke Av · Bx31, BxM10
Within a walk
8 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eastchester Road & Burke Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Gun Hill Rd 5
    0.3 miles
    5

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Eastchester Rd/Burke Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx31 and BxM10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Eastchester Rd/Burke Av Bx31, BxM10
    60 feet
    Bx31 BxM10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …
  2. BxM10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Burke Avenue and Eastchester Road.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1255 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 3401 Mickle Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
125 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Burke Avenue

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

South side of Burke Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Eastchester Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Eastchester Road

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Little Stars Three Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Hospitals & Nursing Homes School Trade or language school
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Presbyterian Church of Ghana House of worship
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    990 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Burke Avenue or Eastchester Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.