Kingsland Avenue & Chester Street
Kingsland Avenue and Chester Street meet at a three-way junction in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. The corner is also named Ludie Brown Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Engine 38/Ladder 51 firehouse is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Eastchester Rd/Chester St, is 580 feet away for the Bx31, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Eastchester Rd/Chester St, 580 feet away, for the Bx31.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Eastchester Rd/Chester St Bx31580 feetBx31
Next buses at this stop
- Bx31 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 3800 Boston Road Gas station0.6 miles
- 3401 Mickle Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1,120 feet
- 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2020.
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
- 137 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Ludie Brown Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ludie Brown Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 15 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Chester Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of Kingsland Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Kingsland Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Kingsland Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 fire station
- 1 garden
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- New Covenant Christian School1,090 feet
- Light and Bright Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Eastchester Road Community Garden1,170 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 38/Ladder 51 Fire station820 feet
Supermarkets
- Palm Tree Marketplace Supermarket0.4 miles
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,000 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Mickle Avenue & Chester Street 240 feet
- East 222nd Street & Kingsland Avenue 320 feet
- Eastchester Road & Chester Street 500 feet
- East 222nd Street & Needham Avenue 560 feet
- Boston Road & Kingsland Avenue 650 feet
- Mickle Avenue & Needham Avenue 690 feet
- Eastchester Road & Hicks Street 710 feet
- East 222nd Street & Mickle Avenue 770 feet
See every intersection along Chester Street or Kingsland Avenue.