Laconia Avenue & East 227th Street

Laconia Avenue and East 227th Street meet at a three-way junction in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gospel of St Luke Church is 630 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Laconia Av/E 225 St, is 690 feet away for the Bx31, and three 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
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Laconia Av/E 225 St · Bx31
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Laconia Avenue & East 227th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Laconia Av/E 225 St, 690 feet away, for the Bx31.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Laconia Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1220 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
131 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 in 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 227th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 227th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Laconia Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 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
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Laconia Daycare Center & Infant Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edenwald Playground
    950 feet

Health care

  1. Laconia Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel of St Luke Church House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Bethany Church of the Nazarene House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Edenwald Community Center Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. 47th Precinct Police station
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Gitto Farmer's Market Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 227th Street 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.