Pelham Gardens offers affordable detached homes with a suburban character in the northeast Bronx. Quiet residential streets and proximity to Pelham Bay Park serve families.
Pelham Gardens offers affordable detached homes with a suburban character in the northeast Bronx. Quiet residential streets and proximity to Pelham Bay Park serve families.
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Pelham Gardens was developed in the 1930s as one of the Bronx's first "garden suburb" neighborhoods, with houses set back from the street on landscaped lots.
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Pelham Gardens keeps things compact with a handful of playgrounds tucked through the residential blocks — Angelo Campanaro Playground at Givan Square, Burns Playground, and Eastchester Playground give families a few solid options for weekday afternoons. The green space is more neighborhood-scaled than destination-grade, but what's there covers the basics well. Tree-lined side streets make stroller walks pleasant even when you're not heading to a specific play structure.
Schools & early education
Pelham Gardens offers a genuinely mixed school landscape — zoned public schools like P.S. 97 Bronx sit alongside a charter option (Bronx Charter School for Better Learning II) and the private St. Catharine's High School. The public options cluster around a few core buildings, with J.H.S. 144 Michelangelo and Pelham Gardens Middle School sharing the Gunther Avenue campus. It's a thin roster but covers the bases from elementary through high school without leaving the neighborhood.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Pelham Gardens a good neighborhood for families?
- Pelham Gardens scores 52/100 for families on Motley — near the middle of the pack citywide. The Family Fit score blends safety, schools, parks, cost of living, and community.
- Is Pelham Gardens safe?
- Pelham Gardens scores 60/100 on safety — ahead of most NYC neighborhoods. We build the score from NYPD complaint data, normalized by population.
- How are the schools in Pelham Gardens?
- Pelham Gardens has 6 schools mapped inside its boundary and scores 41/100 for schools — near the middle of the pack citywide.
- Is Pelham Gardens affordable?
- Pelham Gardens scores 76/100 for affordability on Motley — more affordable than most NYC neighborhoods.
- Which borough is Pelham Gardens in?
- Pelham Gardens is a neighborhood in Bronx, New York City.
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