Living in Pelham Gardens: rent, commute and grades

The Bronx · Updated October 2026

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Rent in Pelham Gardens

$1,625 a month

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

Pelham Gardens is cheaper with roommates

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DOverall

Pelham Gardens graded

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Everyday life

  • CWalkability

    The average home has 4.6 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 53 places to eat or shop.

    Residents: Getting most errands done usually takes a car. Resident, May 2026

  • FFood and shopping

    Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 13 places to eat, 8 kinds of cuisine, 0.5 large grocery stores and 32 open storefronts.

  • A-Parks and green space

    100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 467 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 376 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

People

  • FCommunity

    12% of households moved in since 2018, 3% are roommates sharing a home, 17% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 5 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

  • DNightlife

    About 3 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

Home and safety

  • B-Safety

    5.1 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (141 in all).

    Residents: Walks fairly late at night have never felt unsafe, and the area has a lower crime rate. Resident, May 2026

    City data and 3 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.

  • BQuiet

    31 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.

    Residents: The neighborhood is quiet. Resident, May 2026

  • B+Building upkeep

    12.7 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 4.5 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

Who lives there

  • Older residents

What residents say

Residents like

  • SafetyWalks fairly late at night have never felt unsafe, and the area has a lower crime rate. Resident, May 2026

Residents don’t like

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Safety

Walkability

  • Stores are not always within walking distance and transit takes planning; the area feels semi-rural for the Bronx.

    Not a resident, Jan 2025

  • Pelham Gardens is less walkable and has fewer amenities than neighboring Morris Park.

    Not a resident, Jan 2025

Quiet

Building upkeep

Getting around from Pelham Gardens

Map of New York City neighborhoods shaded by travel time by subway or bus from Pelham Gardens
By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourPelham Gardens
  • Gun Hill Rd 5
  • Pelham Pkwy 5

Residents: The 5 train is close by, but Manhattan is about 50 minutes away. Resident, May 2026

Residents: The commute into the city from Pelham Gardens is not great, enough to push a resident to look closer in. Resident, Mar 2025

What to know about Pelham Gardens

  • Pelham Gardens, north of Pelham Parkway and east of Williamsbridge and Boston roads, was built up mainly with one- and two-family detached and semi-detached houses in the early to mid 20th century. Source
  • The neighborhood is almost entirely residential: the city's 2005 rezoning study found 93 percent of lots used for housing, about half with detached homes and a third with semi-detached houses. Source
  • Local shops line East Gun Hill Road and short stretches of Williamsbridge and Eastchester roads. The 2005 rezoning added room for new homes over ground-floor stores on 12 blockfronts of East Gun Hill Road near its subway station. Source
  • Pelham Parkway has 1.7 miles of dedicated bus lanes, finished in December 2023, that mainly serve the Bx12 Select Bus Service, the busiest bus route in the Bronx, running from Co-op City to Manhattan. Source
  • Pelham Parkway, originally called the Bronx and Pelham Parkway, is one of the parkways the city bought in its 1888-90 land purchases to connect the new Bronx parks to one another. Source
  • The name comes from Thomas Pell, who bought the land from the Siwanoy in 1654. Source

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