Barnes Avenue & East 211th Street

Barnes Avenue and East 211th Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. The corner is also named Celia Brown Lane by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Academy of Health Careers is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
18 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & East 211th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 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 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Sun (Mi Sol), My Planet (Mi Planeta) and My City (Mi Ciudad)” (2006) by Andrea Arroyo at the Gun Hill Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av, 630 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av Bx28, Bx38
    630 feet
    Bx28 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
94 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Celia Brown Lane, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 127 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Celia Brown Lane.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Barnes Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 211th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 211th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    1,050 feet
  2. Bronx Aerospace High School
    1,050 feet
  3. Bronx Lab School
    1,050 feet
Show all 9
  1. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    1,050 feet
  2. High School of Computers and Technology School
    1,050 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 5 School
    1,120 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 6 School
    1,120 feet
  5. Little Giants 3k Center Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  6. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 211th Street Community Garden
    530 feet
  2. Agnes Haywood Playground
    880 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Square
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lisanti Chapel Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Post Office
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barnes Avenue or East 211th Street.

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