Barker Avenue & Lester Street

Barker Avenue and Lester Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Parkside Playground is 970 feet away, and Rosewood Playground is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Burke Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and five places to eat. About 10,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Burke Av
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
White Plains Rd/Burke Av · Bx39, T117, BxM11
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barker Avenue & Lester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Burke Av, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Burke Av 2, 5
    960 feet
    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. Allerton Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Literature” (2006) by Béatrice Coron at the Burke Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Burke Av, 950 feet away, for the Bx39, T117 and BxM11.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Burke Av Bx39, T117, BxM11
    950 feet
    Bx39 T117 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …
  2. T117 …
  3. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Southern Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 786 Burke Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
129 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 10,900 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.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barker Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Lester Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lester Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    750 feet
  2. Parkside Playground
    970 feet
  3. Rosewood Playground
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 644 Adee Avenue Older adult center
    570 feet
  2. Parkside Community Center
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 Barker Avenue or Lester Street.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.