Carpenter Avenue & East 221st Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 221st Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Bronx Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 219 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
219 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
White Plains Rd/E 222 St · Bx39
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 221st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 219 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 219 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. 225 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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 White Plains Rd/E 222 St, 1,100 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/E 222 St Bx39
    1,100 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 East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 641 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 3780 Bronx Boulevard Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
102 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 108 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carpenter Avenue

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

North side of East 221st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 221st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3 School
    1,080 feet
  2. Equality Charter Elementary School
    1,120 feet
  3. Williamsbridge N a a C P Early Childhood Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Olinville Playground
    890 feet

Health care

  1. Bronx Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Christian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 221st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.