Barnes Avenue & East 237th Street

Barnes Avenue and East 237th Street meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Francis of Rome Church is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Nereid Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nereid Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Nereid Av/Byron Av · Bx16, Bx39
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & East 237th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nereid Av 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
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Leaf of Life” (2006) by Noel Copeland at the Nereid Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nereid Av/Byron Av, 800 feet away, for the Bx16 and Bx39.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nereid Av/Byron Av Bx16, Bx39
    800 feet
    Bx16 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx16 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 836 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
11
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
173 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. St. Francis of Assisi School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. All Seasons Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Rome Church House of worship
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 720 Nereid Avenue Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barnes Avenue or East 237th Street.

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