West Gun Hill Road & West Mosholu Parkway North

West Gun Hill Road and West Mosholu Parkway North meet at a four-way crossing in Norwood, Bronx, at the edge of Van Cortlandt Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Knox-Gates Playground is 650 feet away, and Sachkerah Dog Run in Van Cortlandt Park is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them playgrounds, and six places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
1,250 feet
Jerome Av/East Mosholu Pkwy North · Bx10, BX95
Within a walk
8 places
2 playgrounds, 1 dog run and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Gun Hill Road & West Mosholu Parkway North 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 …

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 Jerome Av/East Mosholu Pkwy North, 1,250 feet away, for the Bx10 and BX95.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/East Mosholu Pkwy North Bx10, BX95
    1,250 feet
    Bx10 BX95

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. BX95 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
180 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 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 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of West Gun Hill Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Mosholu Parkway North

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 WEDNESDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    60 feet
  3. Knox-Gates Playground
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sachkerah Dog Run in Van Cortlandt Park Dog run
    700 feet
  2. Sachkerah Woods Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Mosholu Golf Course
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. St Patricks Home Nursing home or hospice
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 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 bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along West Gun Hill Road or West Mosholu Parkway North.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.