East 224th Street & Needham Avenue

East 224th Street and Needham Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The nearest subway, Baychester Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1989, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Baychester Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Boston Rd/Wickham Av · Bx30
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 224th Street & Needham Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Baychester Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Baychester Av 5
    0.5 miles
    5

Next trains at this station

Eastchester
1 line
  1. 5 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Wickham Av, 800 feet away, for the Bx30.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Wickham Av Bx30
    800 feet
    Bx30

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3800 Boston Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 3401 Mickle Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
118 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1989.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Light and Bright Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Palm Tree Marketplace Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here 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 East 224th Street or Needham Avenue.

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.