East 236th Street & Vireo Avenue
East 236th Street and Vireo Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Stephens Episcopal Church is 640 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Webster Av/E 235 St, is 720 feet away for the Bx16, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/E 235 St, 720 feet away, for the Bx16.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Webster Av/E 235 St Bx16720 feetBx16
Next buses at this stop
- Bx16 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 4201 Webster Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 May 2020.
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
- 127 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of East 236th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
South side of East 236th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
East side of Vireo Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
West side of Vireo Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 garden
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 019 Judith K. Weiss School1,200 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Growing Good Community Garden630 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- St. Stephen’s Mission Church Complex Listed historic place670 feet
Houses of worship
- St Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship640 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket1,210 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and five 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 237th Street & Vireo Avenue 270 feet
- East 235th Street & Vireo Avenue 280 feet
- East 236th Street & Martha Avenue 330 feet
- Webster Avenue & East 236th Street 430 feet
- East 235th Street & Martha Avenue 500 feet
- East 238th Street & Vireo Avenue 550 feet
- East 234th Street & Vireo Avenue 550 feet
- East 237th Street & Martha Avenue 580 feet
See every intersection along East 236th Street or Vireo Avenue.