East 239th Street & Katonah Avenue

East 239th Street and Katonah Avenue meet at a four-way crossing 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. Woodlawn Heights Library is 90 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Katonah Av/E 239 St, is 100 feet away for the Bx31 and Bx34, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Katonah Av/E 239 St · Bx31, Bx34
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 239th Street & Katonah Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Katonah Av/E 239 St, 100 feet away, for the Bx31 and Bx34.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Katonah Av/E 239 St Bx31, Bx34
    100 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
153 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 239th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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: 206972 and 212340.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 019 Judith K. Weiss School
    530 feet
  2. Catholic School Region of Central Westchester - St. Barnabas School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Northeast Forest in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    810 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    840 feet
  3. Growing Good Community Garden
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodlawn Playground
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodlawn Heights Library
    90 feet
  2. St. Stephen’s Mission Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Community Church House of worship
    570 feet
  2. St Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. St Barnabas Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodlawn Post Office
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 239th 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.