Bronxwood Avenue & East 221st Street

Bronxwood Avenue and East 221st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Church is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, 219 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
219 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Bronxwood Av/E 222 St · Bx8
Within a walk
15 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronxwood Avenue & East 221st 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 222 St, 180 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronxwood Av/E 222 St Bx8
    180 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
    0.7 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2017
  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Turn calming, September 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 1,200 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 1955.

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

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
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bronxwood Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bronxwood Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 221st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 221st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Innovation Garden Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  2. Garvey School
    930 feet
  3. Lavelle School for the Blind School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Our Lady of Grace School
    1,260 feet
  2. Learning Tree Prep School
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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 221st 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.