Barnes Avenue & Tilden Street

Barnes Avenue and Tilden Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. The corner is also named Edith Copeland Baldwin Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. It is 790 feet to the 211th Street Community Garden. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
16 places
8 schools, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barnes Avenue & Tilden 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 five 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 …

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, 380 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
92 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Edith Copeland Baldwin Way, a co-naming enacted on December 28, 2009 (Local Law 92 of 2009).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Edith Copeland Baldwin Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and May 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barnes Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

West side of Barnes Avenue

  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 1 sign AMBULETTE & ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Tilden Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Tilden Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    800 feet
  2. Bronx Aerospace High School
    800 feet
  3. Bronx Lab School
    800 feet
Show all 9
  1. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    800 feet
  2. High School of Computers and Technology School
    800 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 5 School
    870 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 6 School
    870 feet
  5. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  6. Kids-Centric, Inc. Natly Esnard School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 211th Street Community Garden
    790 feet
  2. Agnes Haywood Playground
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Post Office
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and eight 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barnes Avenue or Tilden 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.