Bronx, New York Speed Traps

Marked & unmarked Hwy Patrol park either under Caste Hil overpass (very dark) or in striped area about 1/8th of a mile up. Catch you with either rear facing radar (overpass) or officer sits with door open & points radar gun at you. Usually Crown Victoria of Charger.

Unmarked cars now include 2-Door Grey Honda’s sports coupe and Blue or Black Jeep Cherokees (all have tinted windows). Primarily on Weekends, approximately between the time of 1:45 am onward through the early morning hours.

Beware of the grassy patches just before the underpass before you go over the bridge, or the grassy patches before exits 4S (Toward 95) and 4N (behind Co-Op City).

Also regular patrol cars are sometimes stationed at the Mobil Station when trveling South bound toward Whitestone Bridge.

About .25 mile after the Throgs Neck Bridge on the Bronx side as you’re heading north to I95, cars try to make up for lost time on the bridge in the morning and speed towards a cruiser parked on the right hand side by the Randall Ave exit. Keep it under 60 mph!

After the bottleneck at Co-op city/Pelham Pkwy/Hutchinson Pkwy., I-95 opens up and it is natural to speed up. It is a 50 MPH zone, After Co-op City, the road veers to the right and up a bridge over the "swamp" heading out to Westchester. Right before the incline, there’s the highway patrol with the radar gun pointed right at you. It’s a setup. They know everyone speeds up. They want to get "thru traffic" right before they leave NYC to pay off the NYC bottomless pit of debt. Saturday and Sunday mornings are prime for "work" for the highway patrol.

Officer sits at the Eastbound Entrace to The Bronx Zoo, just before the on ramp to the Bronx River Pkwy. He usually will face the East bound traffic nailing ANYONE going over 35MPH. He will then give you a copy of the VTL explaining the speed rules in NYC