East 238th Street & Vireo Avenue
East 238th Street and Vireo Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Stephens Episcopal Church is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Webster Av/Nereid Av, is 920 feet away for the Bx16, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/Nereid Av, 920 feet away, for the Bx16.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Webster Av/Nereid Av Bx16920 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 4201 Webster Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.
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
- 147 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are 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 1958.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of East 238th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
West side of Vireo Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 garden
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 019 Judith K. Weiss School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Growing Good Community Garden160 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- St. Stephen’s Mission Church Complex Listed historic place120 feet
Houses of worship
- St Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship140 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 239th Street & Vireo Avenue 270 feet
- East 237th Street & Vireo Avenue 280 feet
- East 240th Street & Vireo Avenue 520 feet
- East 236th Street & Vireo Avenue 550 feet
- East 238th Street & Martha Avenue 560 feet
- East 237th Street & Martha Avenue 730 feet
- East 239th Street & Martha Avenue 810 feet
- East 235th Street & Vireo Avenue 830 feet
See every intersection along East 238th Street or Vireo Avenue.