Carpenter Avenue & East 223rd Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 223rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3 is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, 225 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
225 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
White Plains Rd/E 222 St · Bx8, Bx39
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 223rd 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 five 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 219 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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 White Plains Rd/E 222 St, 1,110 feet away, for the Bx8 and Bx39.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/E 222 St Bx8, Bx39
    1,110 feet
    Bx8 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4222 Bronx Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 3780 Bronx Boulevard Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
105 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1965.

Since 2014 at least 129 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 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
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carpenter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 223rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 223rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3 School
    520 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Equality Charter Elementary School
    1,110 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. United Christian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 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 223rd 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.