Van Cortlandt Park East & East 241st Street

Van Cortlandt Park East and East 241st Street meet at a three-way junction in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx, at the edge of Van Cortlandt Park. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 912 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Woodlawn Heights Library is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Katonah Av/E 242 St, is 390 feet away for the BxM4. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Katonah Av/E 242 St · BxM4
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Cortlandt Park East & East 241st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Katonah Av/E 242 St, 390 feet away, for the BxM4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Katonah Av/E 242 St BxM4
    390 feet
    BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM4 …

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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 281 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    1.5 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 one crash 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 February 2021.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 912 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 825th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 481 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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 corner is on the edge of the Van Cortlandt Park area
Elevation
183 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Catholic School Region of Central Westchester - St. Barnabas School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    40 feet
  2. Northeast Forest in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    330 feet
  3. Woodlawn Playground
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodlawn Heights Library
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Community Church House of worship
    380 feet
  2. St Barnabas Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodlawn Post Office
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 241st Street or Van Cortlandt Park East.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.