Carpenter Avenue & East 229th Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 229th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Wakefield Library is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, 233 St, is about seven 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 three places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
233 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,140 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 229th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 233 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 233 St 2, 5
    0.4 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 “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 228 St, 1,140 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/E 228 St Bx39
    1,140 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 1,240 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
    1 mile
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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
113 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 1940.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and June 2023, 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 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 229th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 229th Street

  • No parking 6 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
    280 feet
  2. Little Stars Childcare Program VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3 School
    1,260 feet
  2. North Bronx National Council of Negro Women Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 227th Street Playground
    960 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital
    860 feet
  2. EMS Station 15 Ambulance station
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wakefield Library
    690 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 229th 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.