East 241st Street & Martha Avenue
East 241st Street and Martha Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. The corner is also named Msgr. John J. Considine Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Barnabas Church is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Katonah Av/E 242 St, is 840 feet away for the BxM4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Katonah Av/E 242 St, 840 feet away, for the BxM4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Katonah Av/E 242 St BxM4840 feetBxM4
Next buses at this stop
- BxM4 …
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.
- 281 East 233rd Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
- 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars2.9 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 June 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
- 147 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Msgr. John J. Considine Square, a co-naming enacted on December 4, 2001 (Local Law 60 of 2001).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 500 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 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Msgr. John J. Considine Square.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
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
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve 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
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- Catholic School Region of Central Westchester - St. Barnabas School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5100 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Northeast Forest in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature960 feet
- Van Cortlandt Park990 feet
- Growing Good Community Garden1,000 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- St. Stephen’s Mission Church Complex Listed historic place1,150 feet
- Woodlawn Heights Library1,160 feet
Houses of worship
- St Barnabas Church House of worship100 feet
- Trinity Community Church House of worship630 feet
- St Stephens Episcopal Church House of worship1,000 feet
Community centers and public services
- Woodlawn Post Office900 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 240th Street & Martha Avenue 250 feet
- East 239th Street & Martha Avenue 500 feet
- East 241st Street & Katonah Avenue 660 feet
- East 238th Street & Martha Avenue 750 feet
- East 240th Street & Katonah Avenue 910 feet
- Van Cortlandt Park East & East 242nd Street 930 feet
- Van Cortlandt Park East & East 241st Street 950 feet
- Van Cortlandt Park East & Van Cortlandt Park Path 970 feet
See every intersection along East 241st Street or Martha Avenue.