Middletown Road & Gillespie Avenue

Middletown Road and Gillespie Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Pelham Bay Library is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Buhre Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 17 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1968, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Buhre Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Crosby Av/Middletown Rd · Bx8
Within a walk
4 places
1 library, 1 older adult center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Middletown Road & Gillespie Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Buhre Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Middletown Rd 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Have a Happy Day” (2015) by Soonae Tark at the Buhre Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crosby Av/Middletown Rd, 280 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crosby Av/Middletown Rd Bx8
    280 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway northbound at Hutchinson River Parkway East & Hutchinson River Parkway at Lee Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3065 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1968.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Middletown Road (north side).

South side of Middletown Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 214976 and 215087.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 071 Rose E. Scala School
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Bay Library
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tremont Terrace Moravian Church House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3035 Middletown Road Older adult center · listed historic place
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and ten 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gillespie Avenue or Middletown Road.

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