East 229th Street & 229th Drive South

East 229th Street and 229th Drive South (north-west) meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Edenwald Community Center is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 229 St/E 229 Dr S, is 40 feet away for the Bx31, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them police stations, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
New England Thruway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
E 229 St/E 229 Dr S · Bx31
Within a walk
9 places
2 police stations, 1 community center and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 229th Street & 229th Drive South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 229 St/E 229 Dr S, 40 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 229 St/E 229 Dr S Bx31 · Shelter
    40 feet
    Bx31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1220 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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
117 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1951.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 229th Drive South

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 229th Drive South

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 police stations
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. P.S. 112 Bronxwood School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edenwald Playground
    570 feet

Health care

  1. Laconia Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Edenwald Community Center Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1220 East 229th Street Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #8 Satellite Police station
    560 feet
  2. 47th Precinct Police station
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gitto Farmer's Market Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 229th Drive South or East 229th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.