Carpenter Avenue & East 232nd Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 232nd 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. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 233 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
233 St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
E 233 St/Bronx BL · Bx31
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 232nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 233 St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 233 St 2, 5
    1,110 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  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, 370 feet away, for the Bx31.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 1,190 feet by car along the streets.

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
125 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 1927 and 1963.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carpenter Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 232nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 232nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

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

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital
    160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wakefield Post Office
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 232nd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.