White Plains Road & East Gun Hill Road at Willett Avenue

White Plains Road, East Gun Hill Road and Willett Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. The corner is also named Marcus Garvey Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. City of Faith Christian School is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/White Plains Rd · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & East Gun Hill Road at Willett Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    300 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Burke Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Sun (Mi Sol), My Planet (Mi Planeta) and My City (Mi Ciudad)” (2006) by Andrea Arroyo at the Gun Hill Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/White Plains Rd, 160 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/White Plains Rd Bx28, Bx38
    160 feet
    Bx28 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hull Ave & E Gun Hill Rd 18 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 700 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
97 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Marcus Garvey Square, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2008 (Local Law 64 of 2008).

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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 1935 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 223 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Marcus Garvey Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and June 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of East Gun Hill Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of East Gun Hill Road

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of White Plains Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 206062 and 209601.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. City of Faith Christian School
    700 feet
  2. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  3. Mindbuilders Creative Arts Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 5 School
    1,290 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 6 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcus Garvey Square
    190 feet
  2. D'Onofrio Square
    1,100 feet
  3. 211th Street Community Garden
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. City of Faith Church of God House of worship
    250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Post Office
    540 feet
  2. Gun Hill Community Center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 62/Ladder 32 Fire station
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 23 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Gun Hill Road, White Plains Road or Willett Avenue.

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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.