The
Bronx and Pelham Parkway (usually referred to simply as
Pelham Parkway) is a 2.25-mile (3.62 km) long
parkway in the
borough of
the Bronx in
New York City. Despite the parkway moniker, Pelham Parkway is a local street, with two main roadways (one in each direction), and two service roads. Like other parkways in New York City, commercial traffic is disallowed, and is redirected to the service roads. Pelham Parkway runs from the
Bronx River Parkway (at a mutual junction with
U.S. Route 1 or US 1 within
Bronx Park) out to
Pelham Bay Park, hence the name, as it connects the two parks. A
bikeway runs alongside. At the eastern end, it intersects with
Interstate 95 (I-95, named the
New England Thruway at this point). Though the parkway ends here, the road itself continues as Shore Road. At its west end, it continues as
East Fordham Road, then West Fordham Road (after passing Jerome Avenue) and in
Manhattan as West 207th Street. The residential neighborhood that surrounds the parkway is known by
the same name.