Bronxwood Avenue & East 216th Street

Bronxwood Avenue and East 216th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Agnes Haywood Playground is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 219 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
219 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bronxwood Av/E 216 St · Bx8
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 219 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 219 St 2, 5
    0.5 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 “Homage” (2006) by Joseph D'Alesandro at the 219 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronxwood Av/E 216 St, 120 feet away, for the Bx8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bronxwood Avenue and 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
143 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bronxwood Avenue

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

West side of Bronxwood Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 216th Street

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

South side of East 216th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Little Giants 3k Center Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Leaders of Tomorrow School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Agnes Haywood Playground
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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

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