Barnes Avenue & Bronxwood Avenue

Barnes Avenue and Bronxwood Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Francis of Rome Church is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 233 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
233 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
White Plains Rd/E 236 St · Bx39
Within a walk
8 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & Bronxwood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 233 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 233 St 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. Nereid Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Secret Garden: There's No Place Like Home” (2006) by Skowmon Hastanan at the 233 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/E 236 St, 910 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/E 236 St Bx39
    910 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 836 East 233rd Street Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
11
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
175 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

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 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barnes Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 236th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of East 236th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. St. Francis of Assisi School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Rome Church House of worship
    230 feet
  2. Greater Faith Temple Church of the Living God House of worship
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 15/Engine 63/Ladder 39 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barnes Avenue, Bronxwood Avenue, East 236th Street or Pitman Avenue.

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