Bronxwood Avenue & East 236th Street

Bronxwood Avenue and East 236th Street meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Greater Faith Temple Church of the Living God is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 233 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
233 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
White Plains Rd/E 236 St · Bx39
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronxwood Avenue & East 236th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 233 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 233 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Nereid Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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 White Plains Rd/E 236 St, 960 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/E 236 St Bx39
    960 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

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
    1,190 feet
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
11
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
174 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 1927 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. St. Francis of Assisi School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Creative Minds Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Rome Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Greater Faith Temple Church of the Living God House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 15/Engine 63/Ladder 39 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bronxwood Avenue or East 236th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.