Barnes Avenue & East 216th Street

Barnes Avenue and East 216th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. The corner is also named Kings 5 Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Agnes Haywood Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 219 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
219 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Bronxwood Av/E 216 St · Bx8
Within a walk
21 places
14 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & East 216th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 219 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 219 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. 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 Bronxwood Av/E 216 St, 950 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronxwood Av/E 216 St Bx8
    950 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 216th 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 3780 Bronx Boulevard Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
125 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Kings 5 Way, a co-naming enacted on August 3, 2016 (Local Law 92 of 2016).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Autumnalis' Higan cherry and the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Kings 5 Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barnes Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Barnes Avenue

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

North side of East 216th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of East 216th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Leaders of Tomorrow School
    380 feet
  2. Regent School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. Little Giants 3k Center Pre-K
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Citywide Health Training Services Trade or language school
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Agnes Haywood Playground
    40 feet
  2. D'Onofrio Square
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lisanti Chapel Listed historic place
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Emmanuel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Barnes Avenue or East 216th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.