East 240th Street & Martha Avenue

East 240th Street and Martha Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Trinity Community Church is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Katonah Av/E 239 St, is 810 feet away for the Bx31 and Bx34, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Katonah Av/E 239 St · Bx31, Bx34
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 240th Street & Martha Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Katonah Av/E 239 St, 810 feet away, for the Bx31 and Bx34.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Katonah Av/E 239 St Bx31, Bx34
    810 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 610 Nereid Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
144 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 240th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Martha Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Martha Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen 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
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Catholic School Region of Central Westchester - St. Barnabas School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    320 feet
  2. P.S. 019 Judith K. Weiss School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Growing Good Community Garden
    750 feet
  2. Northeast Forest in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Park
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Stephen’s Mission Church Complex Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Woodlawn Heights Library
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barnabas Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. St Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship
    750 feet
  3. Trinity Community Church House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodlawn Post Office
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 240th Street or Martha 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.