Bronxwood Avenue & East 220th Street

Bronxwood Avenue and East 220th 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. Lavelle School for the Blind is 1,100 feet away, and Garvey School is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 219 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
219 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Bronxwood Av/E 222 St · Bx8
Within a walk
11 places
8 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronxwood Avenue & East 220th 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 eight 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 222 St, 460 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronxwood Av/E 222 St Bx8
    460 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 836 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 3401 Mickle Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
158 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 1928 and 1960.

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
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bronxwood Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 220th Street

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

South side of East 220th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Lavelle School for the Blind School
    1,100 feet
  2. Innovation Garden Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. Garvey School
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Church House of worship
    840 feet
  2. St Peters Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 220th 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.