Barnes Avenue & East 227th Street

Barnes Avenue and East 227th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. The corner is also named Kashmir’s Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Trinity Baptist Church is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 225 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
225 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
E 226 St/Bronxwood Av · Bx8
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & East 227th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 225 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 225 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. 233 St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Universal City” (2006) by Nicky Enright at the 225 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 226 St/Bronxwood Av, 1,030 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 226 St/Bronxwood Av Bx8
    1,030 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 836 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
162 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Kashmir’s Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Kashmir’s Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Barnes Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Barnes Avenue

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

North side of East 227th Street

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

South side of East 227th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Lois Campbell & Yates Day Care Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. North Bronx National Council of Negro Women Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Bambi Early Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 021 Philip H. Sheridan School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rienzi Playground
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Our Lady of Grace Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and eight 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barnes Avenue or East 227th 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.