Carpenter Avenue & East 231st Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 231st Street meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Wakefield Post Office is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, 233 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 231st 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 five 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
    0.5 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, 650 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 233 St/Bronx BL Bx31 · Shelter
    650 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. 836 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 3780 Bronx Boulevard Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, November 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
122 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1960.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and May 2025, 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 231st Street

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

South side of East 231st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Little Stars Childcare Program VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 103 Hector Fontanez School
    400 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital
    300 feet
  2. EMS Station 15 Ambulance station
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wakefield Library
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wakefield Post Office
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 12 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 231st 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.