East 229th Street & Grace Avenue

East 229th Street and Grace Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Cardinal Spellman High School is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Baychester Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and six places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1988, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Baychester Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
E 229 St/Needham Av · Bx31
Within a walk
6 places
3 schools, 1 nursing home or hospice and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 229th Street & Grace Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Baychester Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Baychester Av 5
    0.3 miles
    5

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 229 St/Needham Av, 110 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 229 St/Needham Av Bx31
    110 feet
    Bx31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

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
    1,290 feet
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    500 feet
  3. 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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
97 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1964 and 1988.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green Vase' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Grace Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grace Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Needham Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family Services - Christopher School
    580 feet
  2. Cardinal Spellman High School
    640 feet
  3. Baychester Academy School
    830 feet

Health care

  1. Split Rock Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1220 East 229th Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Palm Tree Marketplace Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. S&Y Fish & Meat Caribbean Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 229th Street, Grace Avenue 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.