Eastchester Road & Laconia Avenue

Eastchester Road and Laconia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. New Covenant Christian School is 1,310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Laconia Av/E 225 St, is 190 feet away for the Bx31, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
New England Thruway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Laconia Av/E 225 St · Bx31
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eastchester Road & Laconia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Laconia Av/E 225 St, 190 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Laconia Av/E 225 St Bx31 · Shelter
    190 feet
    Bx31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Eastchester Road and Laconia Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1220 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 3401 Mickle Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
140 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 224th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 224th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Eastchester Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Eastchester Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Laconia Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Laconia Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Laconia Daycare Center & Infant Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Faith Christian Academy School
    500 feet
  3. Light and Bright Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Learning Tree Prep School
    1,060 feet
  2. New Covenant Christian School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Eastchester Road Community Garden
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Gitto Farmer's Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 224th Street, Eastchester Road or Laconia Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.