Barnes Avenue & East 215th Street

Barnes Avenue and East 215th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. The corner is also named Andy “Pops” King Jr. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. D'Onofrio Square is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, 219 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
219 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
White Plains Rd/E 215 St · Bx39
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & East 215th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 219 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 219 St 2, 5
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Homage” (2006) by Joseph D'Alesandro at the 219 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/E 215 St, 930 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/E 215 St Bx39
    930 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 East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 3780 Bronx Boulevard Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
119 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Andy “Pops” King Jr. Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

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 128 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green Vase' zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Andy “Pops” King Jr. Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and November 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barnes Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Barnes Avenue

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

North side of East 215th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 215th 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

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Leaders of Tomorrow School
    670 feet
  2. Little Giants 3k Center Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Regent School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Agnes Haywood Playground
    50 feet
  2. D'Onofrio Square
    920 feet
  3. 211th Street Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lisanti Chapel Listed historic place
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and nine 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barnes Avenue or East 215th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.