Carpenter Avenue & East 240th Street

Carpenter Avenue and East 240th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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 Playground is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Wakefield-241 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wakefield-241 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
241 St/White Plains Rd · T117
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carpenter Avenue & East 240th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wakefield-241 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wakefield-241 St 2
    0.3 miles
    2

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 2 …

Also within a walk

  1. Nereid Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Permanent Residents and Visitors” (2010) by Alfredo Ceibal at the Wakefield-241 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 241 St/White Plains Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the T117.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 241 St/White Plains Rd T117
    0.3 miles
    T117

Next buses at this stop

  1. T117 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 610 Nereid Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
123 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Carpenter Avenue

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

West side of Carpenter Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 240th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 240th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 016 Wakefield School
    400 feet
  2. The Matilda Avenue School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wakefield Playground
    220 feet
  2. Carpenter Avenue Community Garden
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Carpenter Avenue or East 240th 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.