Pelham Bridge, New York City

Name: Pelham Bridge
Address: New York City, United States

#1929 among attractions in New York City

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Facts and practical information

The Pelham Bridge is a bascule bridge located in the New York City borough of the Bronx, just downstream of the railroad Pelham Bay Bridge. It carries Shore Road and a walkway along the downstream side, over the Hutchinson River. The bridge is operated and maintained by the New York City Department of Transportation. Crossing the mouth of the river, it is variously called Pelham Bay Bridge and Pelham Bridge. The BL45 to/from Eastchester in Westchester County as well as the Bx29, which operates between City Island and Co-op City, operates over this bridge. ()

Length: 891 ftCoordinates: 40°51'43"N, 73°48'57"W

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New York City United States

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Day trips

Pelham Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pelham Bay Park, Pelham Country Club, Seton Falls Park, Hike to the Split Rock.

0.6 miNE
Park
Pelham Bay Park, New Rochelle
17 min walk • Pelham Bay Park is a municipal park located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is, at 2,772 acres, the largest public park in New York City. The park is more than three times the size of Manhattan's Central Park. The park is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
2.4 miN
Golf
Pelham Country Club, New Rochelle
62 min walk • Pelham Country Club is a country club located on the border of Pelham Manor and New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York. The club hosted the PGA Championship in 1923, which Gene Sarazen won, 3 to 1.
2.1 miNW
Park
Seton Falls Park, New York City
54 min walk • Seton Falls Park is a 36-acre wooded area in the Edenwald area of The Bronx in New York City. The park is named after the Seton family, who owned the land in the 19th century.
0.9 miNE
40°52'25"N • 73°48'31"W
Hike to the Split Rock, New York City
23 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities
2.2 miSE
Church
Grace Episcopal Church, New York City
57 min walk • Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church at 116 City Island Avenue in The Bronx, New York, New York. The church was built in 1862 in the Carpenter Gothic style, and the rectory was built around that year in the Italian Villa style.
2.1 miSW
Library
Huntington Free Library and Reading Room, New York City
54 min walk • The Huntington Free Library is a privately endowed library near Westchester Square in the New York City borough of the Bronx, which is open to the public. It has a non-circulating book collection.
2.2 miN
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site, Yonkers
57 min walk • Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Mount Vernon, New York, just north of the New York City borough of The Bronx. The site was authorized in 1978 to protect Saint Paul's Church from increasing industrialization of the surrounding area.
2 miNW
Church
Our Lady of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady's Church, New York City
52 min walk • The Nativity of Our Blessed Lady is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 1510 East 233rd Street and the corner of Secor Avenue, Bronx, New York in the Eastchester neighborhood of the northern Bronx.
1.6 miE
Island
High Island, New York City
41 min walk • High Island is a small, uninhabited, privately-owned island, part of the Pelham Islands in the Bronx, New York City. It lies east of the north end of City Island between City Island Harbor and Pelham Bay in Long Island Sound.
1.1 miSW
Neighbourhood
East Bronx, New York City
27 min walk • The East Bronx is the part of the New York City borough of the Bronx which lies east of the Bronx River; this roughly corresponds to the eastern half of the borough.
1.8 miSE
Island
City Island, New York City
48 min walk • City Island is a neighborhood in the northeastern Bronx in New York City, located on an island of the same name approximately 1.5 miles long by 0.5 miles wide.

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How to get to Pelham Bridge by public transport?

The nearest stations to Pelham Bridge:

Bus

Hutchinson River Parkway East & Einstein Loop • Lines: Bx23, Bx26, Bx28, Bx29, Bx30, Q50 Ltd (13 min walk)
Bay Plaza Drive & Bartow Avenue • Lines: Bx29, Bx38 (15 min walk)

Metro

Pelham Bay Park • Lines: <6>, 6 (23 min walk)
Buhre Avenue • Lines: <6>, 6 (35 min walk)