Carpenter Avenue & East 227th Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 227th Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 327 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3 is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 225 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
225 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
White Plains Rd/E 228 St · Bx39
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 227th 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. 233 St 2, 5
    0.5 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 228 St, 1,150 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/E 228 St Bx39
    1,150 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4222 Bronx Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 3780 Bronx Boulevard Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2022.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 327 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,416th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 150 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
109 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and January 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 227th Street

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

South side of East 227th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3 School
    700 feet
  2. P.S. 103 Hector Fontanez School
    840 feet
  3. North Bronx National Council of Negro Women Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 227th Street Playground
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wakefield Library
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and six 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 227th Street.

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