East 212th Street & Tilden Street

East 212th Street and Tilden Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Lab School is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1932 and 1971, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Bronxwood Av/Tilden St · Bx8
Within a walk
9 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 212th Street & Tilden Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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 “My Sun (Mi Sol), My Planet (Mi Planeta) and My City (Mi Ciudad)” (2006) by Andrea Arroyo at the Gun Hill Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronxwood Av/Tilden St, 160 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronxwood Av/Tilden St Bx8
    160 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
111 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1932 and 1971.

Since 2014 at least 85 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 212th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 212th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Tilden Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  2. Little Giants 3k Center Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    1,080 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bronx Aerospace High School
    1,080 feet
  2. Bronx Lab School
    1,080 feet
  3. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    1,080 feet
  4. High School of Computers and Technology School
    1,080 feet
  5. Kids-Centric, Inc. Natly Esnard School
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along East 212th Street or Tilden 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.