East 238th Street & Katonah Avenue

East 238th Street and Katonah Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Trinity Community Church is 820 feet away, and Northeast Forest in Van Cortlandt Park is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Katonah Av/E 239 St, is 160 feet away for the Bx31 and Bx34, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Katonah Av/E 239 St · Bx31, Bx34
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 1 garden and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 238th Street & Katonah Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Katonah Av/E 239 St, 160 feet away, for the Bx31 and Bx34.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Katonah Av/E 239 St Bx31, Bx34
    160 feet
    Bx31 Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …
  2. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 281 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

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
141 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 238th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of East 238th Street

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

East side of Katonah Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Katonah Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 205534 and 212340.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 019 Judith K. Weiss School
    290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Northeast Forest in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    1,060 feet
  2. Growing Good Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Park
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodlawn Heights Library
    330 feet
  2. St. Stephen’s Mission Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Community Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. St Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodlawn Post Office
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and seven 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:

See every intersection along East 238th Street or Katonah 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.