Barnes Avenue & East 213th Street

Barnes Avenue and East 213th 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. Agnes Haywood Playground is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & East 213th 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 six 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 219 St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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, 890 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Barnes Avenue and East 213th Street.

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

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
109 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barnes Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Barnes Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 213th Street

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

South side of East 213th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Giants 3k Center Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. Leaders of Tomorrow School
    1,240 feet
  3. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    1,310 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bronx Aerospace High School
    1,310 feet
  2. Bronx Lab School
    1,310 feet
  3. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    1,310 feet
  4. High School of Computers and Technology School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Agnes Haywood Playground
    620 feet
  2. 211th Street Community Garden
    710 feet
  3. D'Onofrio Square
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lisanti Chapel Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and ten 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 213th Street.

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