Carpenter Avenue & East 228th Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 228th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 225 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
225 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
White Plains Rd/E 228 St · Bx39
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 228th 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 six 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
    0.4 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 228 St, 870 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/E 228 St Bx39
    870 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 960 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
112 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1925 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 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

West side of Carpenter Avenue

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

North side of East 228th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 228th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 hospital
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 103 Hector Fontanez School
    560 feet
  2. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3 School
    980 feet
  3. North Bronx National Council of Negro Women Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Little Stars Childcare Program VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  2. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 227th Street Playground
    680 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital
    1,140 feet
  2. EMS Station 15 Ambulance station
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wakefield Library
    960 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 228th 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.