Bailey Avenue & West 229th Street

Bailey Avenue and West 229th Street meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Riverbend Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and five places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bailey Avenue.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
West Kingsbridge Rd/Bailey Av · Bx9
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bailey Avenue & West 229th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Kingsbridge Rd/Bailey Av, 640 feet away, for the Bx9.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Kingsbridge Rd/Bailey Av Bx9
    640 feet
    Bx9

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bailey Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bailey Ave & W 229 St 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 730 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3031 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
14
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,500 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 between 1927 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bailey Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 229th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 229th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 360 School
    960 feet
  2. P.S. 310 Marble Hill School
    970 feet
  3. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 5500 Broadway Pre-K center
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverbend Playground
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 81/Ladder 46 Fire station
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,180 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    910 feet
  2. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bailey Avenue or West 229th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.