Carpenter Avenue & East 236th Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 236th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 233 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
233 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
White Plains Rd/E 236 St · Bx39
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 236th 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. Nereid Av 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 236 St, 890 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/E 236 St Bx39
    890 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

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
    970 feet
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
124 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carpenter Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of East 236th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Little Stars Childcare Program VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 236th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.