Bronxwood Avenue & East 225th Street

Bronxwood Avenue and East 225th 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. In 2025, 887 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Our Lady of Grace School is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 225 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
225 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
E 226 St/Bronxwood Av · Bx8
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronxwood Avenue & East 225th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 225 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 225 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 “Universal City” (2006) by Nicky Enright at the 225 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 226 St/Bronxwood Av, 410 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 226 St/Bronxwood Av Bx8
    410 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bronxwood Avenue and East 225th Street.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 836 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 887 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 837th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 390 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
169 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bronxwood Avenue

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

West side of Bronxwood Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 225th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 225th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Grace School
    140 feet
  2. Innovation Garden Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  3. Garvey School
    320 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bambi Early Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship: a College Board School
    1,080 feet
  3. New World High School
    1,080 feet
  4. The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rienzi Playground
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Grace Church House of worship
    230 feet
  2. Trinity Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bronxwood Avenue or East 225th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.