Van Cortlandt Park East & East 240th Street

Van Cortlandt Park East and East 240th Street meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Cortlandt Park is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Katonah Av/E 239 St, is 760 feet away for the Bx31 and Bx34, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them parks, and five places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Katonah Av/E 239 St · Bx31, Bx34
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Cortlandt Park East & East 240th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Katonah Av/E 239 St, 760 feet away, for the Bx31 and Bx34.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Katonah Av/E 239 St Bx31, Bx34
    760 feet
    Bx31 Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …
  2. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Van Cortlandt Park East.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Jerome Avenue & East 233rd Street at Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 281 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the northern red oak and the pin oak.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 library
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    50 feet
  2. Woodlawn Playground
    610 feet
  3. Northeast Forest in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Woodlawn Dog Run in Van Cortlandt Park Dog run
    1,080 feet
  2. Rita Ley Triangle
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodlawn Heights Library
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Community Church House of worship
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodlawn Post Office
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 240th Street or Van Cortlandt Park East.

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