Barnes Avenue & Chestnut Street

Barnes Avenue and Chestnut Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Academy of Health Careers is 1,160 feet away, and High School of Computers and Technology is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Burke Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Burke Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Bronxwood Av/Bartholdi St · Bx8
Within a walk
7 places
5 schools, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & Chestnut Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Burke 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. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    0.5 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 Bronxwood Av/Bartholdi St, 790 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronxwood Av/Bartholdi St Bx8
    790 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 786 Burke Avenue Gas station
    760 feet
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barnes Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    1,160 feet
  2. Bronx Aerospace High School
    1,160 feet
  3. Bronx Lab School
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    1,160 feet
  2. High School of Computers and Technology School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gun Hill Playground
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and eight 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 of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barnes Avenue or Chestnut Street.

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