Carpenter Avenue & East 234th Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 234th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 233 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
233 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
E 233 St/Carpenter Av · Bx31
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 234th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 233 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 233 St 2, 5
    1,130 feet
    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. Nereid Av 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/Carpenter Av, 390 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 233 St/Carpenter Av Bx31
    390 feet
    Bx31

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, 1,160 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4222 Bronx Boulevard Gas station
    410 feet
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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 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
117 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 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Carpenter Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 234th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 234th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 211442 and 213888.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Little Stars Childcare Program VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  2. P.S. 103 Hector Fontanez School
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Faith Temple Church of the Living God House of worship
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and nine 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 234th 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.