Matilda Avenue & East 240th Street

Matilda Avenue and East 240th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 016 Wakefield is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Wakefield-241 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wakefield-241 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 2
Nearest bus stop
1,310 feet
241 St/White Plains Rd · T117
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Matilda Avenue & East 240th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wakefield-241 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wakefield-241 St 2
    1,130 feet
    2

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 2 …

Also within a walk

  1. Nereid Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Permanent Residents and Visitors” (2010) by Alfredo Ceibal at the Wakefield-241 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 241 St/White Plains Rd, 1,310 feet away, for the T117.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 241 St/White Plains Rd T117
    1,310 feet
    T117

Next buses at this stop

  1. T117 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 610 Nereid Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10470
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
11
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
144 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 240th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Matilda Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Matilda Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 016 Wakefield School
    510 feet
  2. The Matilda Avenue School
    630 feet
  3. Big Apple Training Trade or language school
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wakefield Playground
    300 feet
  2. Carpenter Avenue Community Garden
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 240th Street or Matilda Avenue.

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