Edson Avenue & Needham Avenue

Edson Avenue and Needham Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Cardinal Spellman High School is 890 feet away, and Stars & Stripes Playground is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Baychester Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them schools, and six places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1980, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Baychester Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
E 229 St/Needham Av · Bx31
Within a walk
8 places
5 schools, 1 nursing home or hospice and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edson Avenue & Needham Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Baychester Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Baychester Av 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 E 229 St/Needham Av, 350 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 229 St/Needham Av Bx31
    350 feet
    Bx31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3800 Boston Road Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    750 feet
  3. 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
95 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 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 1960 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Edson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Edson Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Baychester Academy School
    580 feet
  2. Sco Family Services - Christopher School
    830 feet
  3. Cardinal Spellman High School
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bronx Charter School for Better Learning School
    1,070 feet
  2. P.S. 111 Seton Falls School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stars & Stripes Playground
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Split Rock Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Palm Tree Marketplace Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. S&Y Fish & Meat Caribbean Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three 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 Edson Avenue or Needham Avenue.

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