West Gun Hill Road & Mosholu Parkway

West Gun Hill Road and Mosholu Parkway meet at a three-way junction in Norwood, Bronx, at the edge of Van Cortlandt Park. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park is 30 feet away, and Mosholu Golf Course is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them playgrounds.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Sedgwick Av/Dickinson Av · Bx1, Bx2, Bx10
Within a walk
8 places
2 playgrounds, 1 dog run and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Gun Hill Road & Mosholu Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mosholu Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Woodlawn
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 Sedgwick Av/Dickinson Av, 950 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2 and Bx10.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sedgwick Av/Dickinson Av Bx1, Bx2, Bx10 · Shelter
    950 feet
    Bx1 Bx2 Bx10
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …
  3. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Cortlandt Park S & Dickinson Ave 25 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 26
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
156 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 45 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 127 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    30 feet
  2. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    30 feet
  3. Mosholu Golf Course
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground
    1,080 feet
  2. Knox-Gates Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Sachkerah Dog Run in Van Cortlandt Park Dog run
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. St Patricks Home Nursing home or hospice
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mosholu Parkway 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.