Arnow Avenue & Barker Avenue

Arnow Avenue and Barker Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Allerton, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Parkside development. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Zimmerman Playground is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Allerton Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and six places to eat. About 11,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Allerton Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
White Plains Rd/Arnow Av · Bx39
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Arnow Avenue & Barker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Allerton Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Allerton Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Burke Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Allerton Mandalas” (2006) by Michele Brody at the Allerton Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Arnow Av, 550 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Arnow Av Bx39
    550 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Southern Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2475 Boston Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
12
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Allerton
Elevation
119 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 11,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Parkside development.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the mulberry and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Arnow Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Barker Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Barker Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Parkside Houses Pedestrian Path

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parkside Houses Pedestrian Path

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Northern European Expressionist. They were built between 1926 and 1929.

  1. The Coops Designated landmark
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parkside Playground
    290 feet
  2. Bronx Park
    400 feet
  3. Zimmerman Playground
    520 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. United Workers' Cooperatives Listed historic place
    670 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 644 Adee Avenue Older adult center
    510 feet
  2. Parkside Community Center
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arnow Avenue or Barker Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.