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East 233rd Street is a major thoroughfare in the
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of
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. The road is long and stretches from
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(Boston Road) in the Eastchester section of the Bronx to the
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(I-87) in Woodlawn (near
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). The road changes names from East 233rd Street to Pinkley Avenue after the eastern terminus, at Boston Road. There is one interchange with a highway along the way, which is for the
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. There are two subway stations along the road, one at Dyre Avenue, serving the , and one at
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, serving the .


Street description

East 233rd Street begins at an interchange with
Jerome Avenue Jerome Avenue is one of the longest thoroughfares in the New York City borough of the Bronx, New York, United States. The road is long and stretches from Concourse to Woodlawn. Both of these termini are with the Major Deegan Expressway whi ...
and Interstate 87, the
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, in
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. The road serves as the northern border of
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until its intersection with
Webster Avenue Webster Avenue is a major north–south thoroughfare in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It stretches for from Melrose, where it begins as a continuation of Melrose Avenue, to the Bronx– Westchester county line, where it continues no ...
, where it meets
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's
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at the Woodlawn station. Webster Avenue also serves as the access point to and from the southbound side of the
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, though the Parkway signs this exit for "East 233rd Street." Access for the northbound side of the Parkway is provided by Bronx Boulevard. One block east at Carpenter Avenue, the road passes by
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on the south side. At an interchange with
White Plains Road White Plains Road is a major north-south thoroughfare which runs the length of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It runs from Castle Hill and Clason Point in the south to Wakefield in the north, where it crosses the city line and becom ...
, the road passes by the
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that serves the trains. Now in the neighborhood of Edenwald, the road intersects Baychester Avenue (the former routing of Route 164) at the northwest corner of
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. In the neighborhood of Eastchester, the road passes by the second subway station, which serves the train. A few blocks to the east, the road intersects Provost Avenue, which carries Route 22. The road then narrows down from four lanes to two lanes, and terminates at a partial interchange with Boston Road, which carries U.S. 1. However, access is only provided to U.S. 1 south via service roads. From here, the road continues south for two additional blocks known as Pinkley Avenue.


History

Originally, between its western end and
Webster Avenue Webster Avenue is a major north–south thoroughfare in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It stretches for from Melrose, where it begins as a continuation of Melrose Avenue, to the Bronx– Westchester county line, where it continues no ...
, East 233rd Street was known as Eastchester Street. It was known as 19th Avenue within Wakefield, where it served as the southern border of Jacksonville. In Eastchester, the street was called Fisher's Landing Road, running to the
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to the site of land owned by William Fisher. Between Webster and Provost Avenues, East 233rd Street was once part of
NY 22 New York State Route 22 (NY 22) is a north–south state highway that parallels the eastern border of the U.S. state of New York, from the outskirts of New York City to the hamlet of Mooers in Clinton County near the Canadian border ...
, which previously continued into
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.
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New York City
1960
The road was also part of the alignment for the proposed City Line Expressway.


Transportation

There are two
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stations along East 233rd Street: * The first one, 233rd Street, is located at the intersection of 233rd and White Plains Road. It serves the and has a connection to the Metro-North line at the nearby Webster Avenue intersection. * The second one, Eastchester–Dyre Avenue, is located at the Dyre Avenue intersection with Eastchester. The station serves the and is the end of the
IRT Dyre Avenue Line The IRT Dyre Avenue Line (formerly the IND Dyre Avenue–East 174th Street Line) is a New York City Subway rapid transit line, part of the A Division. It is a branch of the IRT White Plains Road Line in the northeastern section of the Bronx, ...
. There is access to the following buses provided by the
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on East 233rd Street: * The runs on two portions, between Jerome and Webster Avenues and between Baychester and Dyre Avenues. * From Katonah Avenue, the head west to Jerome Avenue, and the heads east to Laconia Avenue. Also se
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* Additional service is provided by Westchester County’s Bee Line route 55 in the Yonkers direction from Dyre to Provost Avenues.


Major intersections


References


External links

* {{Bronx streets Streets in the Bronx