Bronxwood Avenue & East 231st Street

Bronxwood Avenue and East 231st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship: a College Board School is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 233 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
233 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
E 233 St/Bussing Av · Bx31
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronxwood Avenue & East 231st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 233 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 233 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 “A Secret Garden: There's No Place Like Home” (2006) by Skowmon Hastanan at the 233 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 233 St/Bussing Av, 1,100 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 233 St/Bussing Av Bx31
    1,100 feet
    Bx31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

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 Bronx Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 836 East 233rd Street Gas station
    1,060 feet
  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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
11 and 12 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
167 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 1964.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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 June 2013 and July 2023, 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

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 231st Street

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

South side of East 231st Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Minds Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship: a College Board School
    900 feet
  3. New World High School
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy School
    900 feet
  2. Bambi Early Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gitto Farmer's Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food 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 signal or safety change and 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 231st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.