East 235th Street & Herkimer Place

East 235th Street and Herkimer Place meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Van Cortlandt Park is 240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 233 St/Napier Av, is 670 feet away for the Bx16, Bx34 and BxM4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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East 235th Street & Herkimer Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 233 St/Napier Av, 670 feet away, for the Bx16, Bx34 and BxM4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 233 St/Napier Av Bx16, Bx34, BxM4
    670 feet
    Bx16 Bx34 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx16 …
  2. Bx34 …
  3. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Jerome Avenue & East 233rd Street at Major Deegan Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4200 Van Cortlandt Park East Gas station
    700 feet
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2015.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10470
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
11
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
206 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 235th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Herkimer Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    240 feet
  2. Northeast Forest in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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 corners 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.