Laconia Avenue & Arnow Avenue

Laconia Avenue and Arnow Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Gardens, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The nearest bus stop, Allerton Av/Laconia Av, is 920 feet away for the Bx25 and Bx26, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

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Laconia Avenue & Arnow Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Allerton Av/Laconia Av, 920 feet away, for the Bx25 and Bx26.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Allerton Av/Laconia Av Bx25, Bx26
    920 feet
    Bx25 Bx26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx25 …
  2. Bx26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Laconia Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Southern Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2918 Boston Road Gas station
    960 feet
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

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
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Gardens
Elevation
141 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 800 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the hardy rubber tree and the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arnow Avenue

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

South side of Arnow Avenue

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

East side of Laconia Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Laconia Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Little Stars Too Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. The Little House of the Dreams 3k Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.