Bronxwood Avenue & East 219th Street

Bronxwood Avenue and East 219th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Peters Lutheran Church is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 219 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
219 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Bronxwood Av/E 218 St · Bx8
Within a walk
9 places
9 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronxwood Avenue & East 219th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 219 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronxwood Av/E 218 St, 190 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronxwood Av/E 218 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.8 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2010
  • 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
161 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and July 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 219th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 219th Street

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

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  2. St Peters Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bronxwood Avenue or East 219th Street.

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