West Gun Hill Road & Knox Place

West Gun Hill Road and Knox Place meet at a three-way junction in Norwood, Bronx, at the edge of Van Cortlandt Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Sachkerah Woods Playground is 270 feet away, and North Central Bronx Hospital is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them playgrounds, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Dekalb Av · Bx10
Within a walk
10 places
2 playgrounds, 1 community center and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Gun Hill Road & Knox Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Woodlawn
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Woodlawn 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Metromorphosis/Birth of a Station” (2008) by Corinne Grondahl at the Mosholu Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/Dekalb Av, 460 feet away, for the Bx10.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Dekalb Av Bx10
    460 feet
    Bx10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & E Gun Hill Rd 19 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 3500 Dekalb Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    650 feet
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Norwood; the corner is on the edge of the Van Cortlandt Park area
Elevation
168 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1934.

Trees

NYC Parks records 135 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern white pine.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm on West Gun Hill Road (both sides).

South side of West Gun Hill Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207067 and 210267.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 hospital
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    20 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    30 feet
  3. Sachkerah Woods Playground
    270 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sachkerah Dog Run in Van Cortlandt Park Dog run
    310 feet
  2. Knox-Gates Playground
    1,030 feet

Health care

  1. North Central Bronx Hospital
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mosholu Montefiore Community Center
    650 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3450 Dekalb Avenue Older adult center
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 13 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, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knox Place or West Gun Hill Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.