Waring Avenue & Barker Avenue

Waring Avenue and Barker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Allerton, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 096 Richard Rodgers is 360 feet away, and Ghana United Methodist Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
White Plains Rd/Waring Av · Bx39, BxM11
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waring Avenue & Barker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Allerton Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Waring Av, 540 feet away, for the Bx39 and BxM11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Waring Av Bx39, BxM11
    540 feet
    Bx39 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …
  2. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Park East & Bronx River Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2475 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
15
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Allerton
Elevation
104 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 115 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barker Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Barker Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Waring Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Waring Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 096 Richard Rodgers School
    360 feet
  2. Paradise Family Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    380 feet
  2. Waring Playground
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ghana United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2424 Boston Road Older adult center · listed historic place
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barker Avenue or Waring Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.