Ely Avenue & Bartow Avenue

Ely Avenue and Bartow Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 832 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. A Place of Miracles Academy is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bartow Av/Ely Av, is 120 feet away for the Bx25, Bx26, Bx28 and Bx38, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
New England Thruway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bartow Av/Ely Av · Bx25, Bx26, Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ely Avenue & Bartow Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bartow Av/Ely Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx25, Bx26, Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bartow Av/Ely Av Bx25, Bx26, Bx28, Bx38 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Bx25 Bx26 Bx28 Bx38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx25 …
  2. Bx26 …
  3. Bx28 …
  4. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Edson Avenue & New England Thruway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1950 Bartow Avenue Gas station
    510 feet
  2. 1750 East Gun Hill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 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
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 832 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 876th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 585 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Princeton' American elm and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ely Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ely Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. A Place of Miracles Academy School
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Protestant Church House of worship
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Gun Hill Commons Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Bay Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Bartow Avenue or Ely Avenue.

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