East 224th Street & Schieffelin Avenue

East 224th Street and Schieffelin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. New Covenant Christian School is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 225 St/Schieffelin Av, is 380 feet away for the Bx31, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat.

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East 224th Street & Schieffelin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 225 St/Schieffelin Av, 380 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 225 St/Schieffelin Av Bx31
    380 feet
    Bx31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3800 Boston Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
135 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 1950 and 1988.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 224th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 224th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Schieffelin Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Light and Bright Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Faith Christian Academy School
    940 feet
  3. Laconia Daycare Center & Infant Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Covenant Christian School
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. 112 Bronxwood School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edenwald Playground
    670 feet
  2. Eastchester Road Community Garden
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Palm Tree Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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.