Laconia Avenue & East 229th Street

Laconia Avenue and East 229th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Laconia Nursing Home is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Laconia Av/E 230 St, is 330 feet away for the Bx31, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them police stations, and four places to eat.

Safety record
28 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Laconia Av/E 230 St · Bx31
Within a walk
8 places
2 police stations, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Laconia Avenue & East 229th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Laconia Av/E 230 St, 330 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Laconia Av/E 230 St Bx31
    330 feet
    Bx31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Laconia Avenue.

  • 7 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
115 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 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 229th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 229th Street

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

East side of Laconia Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Laconia Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 police stations
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edenwald Playground
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Laconia Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    460 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel of St Luke Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Edenwald Community Center Listed historic place
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. 47th Precinct Police station
    250 feet
  2. Police Service Area #8 Satellite Police station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gitto Farmer's Market Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 229th 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.