by David Greene

This week we asked readers what they thought were the most dangerous intersections in the Bedford Park and Norwood communities.

1) I’ve tried to cross Jerome Avenue and East Gun Hill Road a few times to go to the pharmacy and the stores around there and it’s pretty dangerous with drivers turning. People turn at high speeds or race to catch a light.

–Marlon McLeod

2) Fordham Road at Webster Avenue is pretty bad. We get a ticket if we are in the bus lane, but when buses come into our lane it’s ok. Bedford Park Boulevard at Bainbridge Avenue is bad and Bedford Park at Jerome Avenue is dangerous and we need a street light here at East 204th Street and Decatur Avenue.

–Elizabeth McKenna

3) I think Van Cortlandt Park East and the Grand Concourse is pretty bad, but I think Mosholu Parkway is pretty safe because the lights are set up and sequenced. I think sometimes a driver’s speed is the problem. At East 204th Street and Mosholu Parkway South I find drivers come to a rolling stop.

–Steve Avallone

4) The one that makes me really scared is East Mosholu Parkway. It covers a really large area and I saw two people that were crossing that got hit by cars. I don’t know if they’re speeding or don’t see the lights. My girlfriend was hit on the Grand Concourse near Fordham Park in November and the guy didn’t stop. It was a hit-and-run.

–Virginia Conde

5) Underneath the East 204th Street bridge they come flying through like it was a highway. You’ve got to run to the other side. It’s crazy here with speeding and traffic. Also at East 204th Street and the Grand Concourse you have to run sometimes even though you have the 24 seconds they give you.

–Randy Rivera

If you have a question you think can work for “Inquiring Photographer” email editor-in-chief David Cruz at dcruz@norwoodnews.org.

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