Needham Avenue & East 223rd Street

Needham Avenue and East 223rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Eastchester Road Community Garden is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Baychester Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1989, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Baychester Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Boston Rd/Bruner Av · Bx30
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Needham Avenue & East 223rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Baychester Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Baychester Av 5
    0.5 miles
    5

Next trains at this station

Eastchester
1 line
  1. 5 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Bruner Av, 620 feet away, for the Bx30.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Bruner Av Bx30 · Shelter
    620 feet
    Bx30
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3800 Boston Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 3401 Mickle Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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 two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1989.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Light and Bright Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Eastchester Road Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Palm Tree Marketplace Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 223rd Street or Needham Avenue.

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