Carpenter Avenue & East 230th Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 230th Street meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 103 Hector Fontanez is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 233 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
233 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
E 233 St/Bronx BL · Bx31
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 230th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 233 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 233 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 “A Secret Garden: There's No Place Like Home” (2006) by Skowmon Hastanan at the 233 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 233 St/Bronx BL, 940 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 233 St/Bronx BL Bx31 · Shelter
    940 feet
    Bx31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

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, 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
    1 mile
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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
118 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 1927 and 1941.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and February 2022, 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 230th Street

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

South side of East 230th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 103 Hector Fontanez School
    110 feet
  2. Little Stars Childcare Program VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  3. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 227th Street Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital
    580 feet
  2. EMS Station 15 Ambulance station
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wakefield Library
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wakefield Post Office
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 230th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.