Bronxwood Avenue & East 217th Street

Bronxwood Avenue and East 217th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Leaders of Tomorrow is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 219 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five 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
11 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
219 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Bronxwood Av/E 216 St · Bx8
Within a walk
10 places
7 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronxwood Avenue & East 217th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 219 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 219 St 2, 5
    0.4 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, 190 feet away, for the Bx8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bronxwood Avenue.

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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023

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
149 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 40 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
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and May 2026, 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 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 217th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 217th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Agnes Haywood Playground
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and five 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 217th 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.