Heath Avenue & West 229th Street

Heath Avenue and West 229th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 310 Marble Hill is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1937, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
West Kingsbridge Rd/Heath Av · Bx9
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Heath Avenue & West 229th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Marble Hill-225 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Kingsbridge Rd/Heath Av, 710 feet away, for the Bx9.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Kingsbridge Rd/Heath Av Bx9 · Countdown sign
    710 feet
    Bx9
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bailey Ave & W 229 St 21 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1,030 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3031 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2021
  • Enhanced crossing, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
14
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Heath Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 229th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 229th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 360 School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 310 Marble Hill School
    850 feet
  3. The Marie Curie High School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. The New School for Leadership and Journalism School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverbend Playground
    840 feet
  2. Fort #4 Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Washington's Walk Park
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 81/Ladder 46 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Marble Hill Shopping center
    1,210 feet
  2. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Heath Avenue or West 229th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.