Baychester Avenue & Schieffelin Avenue
Baychester Avenue and Schieffelin Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Baychester Middle School is 180 feet away, and Bronx Alliance Middle School is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Baychester Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them schools, and four places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Baychester Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.
- Baychester Av 50.5 miles5
Next trains at this station
Eastchester
1 line- 5 …
Manhattan
1 line- 5 …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Baychester Av/Crawford Av, 490 feet away, for the Bx16.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Baychester Av/Crawford Av Bx16490 feetBx16
Next buses at this stop
- Bx16 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 1225 East 233rd Street Gas station1,090 feet
- 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 December 2016.
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)
- Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
- Elevation
- 106 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1951.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 16 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Baychester Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Baychester Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
North side of Schieffelin Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
South side of Schieffelin Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 schools
- 3 playgrounds
- 1 library
- 1 nature area
- 1 older adult center
- 1 police station
Schools and child care
- Baychester Middle School180 feet
- Bronx Alliance Middle School180 feet
- One World Middle School at Edenwald School180 feet
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- Bronx Charter School for Better Learning School790 feet
- P.S. 111 Seton Falls School790 feet
- P.S. 112 Bronxwood School1,060 feet
- Cardinal Spellman High School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Stars & Stripes Playground340 feet
- Seton Falls Park Nature area360 feet
- Edenwald Playground1,010 feet
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- High Rock Playground1,190 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Edenwald Library1,270 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 1220 East 229th Street Older adult center970 feet
Fire and police
- Police Service Area #8 Satellite Police station1,130 feet
Supermarkets
- Gitto Farmer's Market Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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, two of them within a three-minute walk:
- Baychester Avenue & Crawford Avenue 540 feet
- East 229th Street & Schieffelin Avenue 740 feet
- Baychester Avenue & East 233rd Street 870 feet
- East 229th Street & 229th Drive North 970 feet
- Palmer Avenue & Crawford Avenue 1,100 feet
- East 233rd Street & De Reimer Avenue 1,130 feet
- Edson Avenue & Grenada Place 1,130 feet
- East 233rd Street & Edson Avenue 1,200 feet
See every intersection along Baychester Avenue or Schieffelin Avenue.