Carpenter Avenue & East 239th Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 239th Street meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Carpenter Avenue Community Garden is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Nereid Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nereid Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Nereid Av/Carpenter Av · Bx16
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 239th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nereid Av 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. Wakefield-241 St 2
    0.4 miles
    2

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Leaf of Life” (2006) by Noel Copeland at the Nereid Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nereid Av/Carpenter Av, 790 feet away, for the Bx16.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nereid Av/Carpenter Av Bx16
    790 feet
    Bx16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 610 Nereid Avenue Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10470
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
11
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
146 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carpenter Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 239th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of East 239th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 016 Wakefield School
    590 feet
  2. The Matilda Avenue School
    650 feet
  3. Little Stars Childcare Program 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carpenter Avenue Community Garden
    30 feet
  2. Wakefield Playground
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 239th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.