Bronxwood Avenue & East 227th Street

Bronxwood Avenue and East 227th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. New World High School is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, 225 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
225 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
E 226 St/Bronxwood Av · Bx8
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronxwood Avenue & East 227th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 225 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 226 St/Bronxwood Av, 380 feet away, for the Bx8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bronxwood Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 836 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

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

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
164 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2013 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bronxwood Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Bronxwood Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 227th Street

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

South side of East 227th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Early Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    130 feet
  2. Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship: a College Board School
    520 feet
  3. New World High School
    520 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy School
    520 feet
  2. Our Lady of Grace School
    630 feet
  3. Innovation Garden Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  4. Garvey School
    880 feet
  5. Lois Campbell & Yates Day Care Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Grace Church House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Bethany Church of the Nazarene House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Gospel of St Luke Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four 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 227th 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.