Wakefield is a working-class and middle-class section of the northern borough of the Bronx in New York City.

It is bounded by the city's border with Westchester County to the north, East 222nd Street to the south, and the Bronx River Parkway to the west.

[7] Neighboring Mount Vernon, in Westchester County, is named for the plantation where Washington lived for most of his adulthood.

[15] The high school drop-out rate is higher than the city average, but lower than central Bronx neighborhoods.

[17] Wakefield is served by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY)'s Engine Co. 63/Ladder Co. 39/Battalion 15, located at 755 East 233rd Street.

[20] The United States Postal Service operates the Wakefield Station post office at 4165 White Plains Road.

The all-female St. Barnabas High School serves many students from Wakefield and is located further west in Woodlawn (and partly in Westchester).

The New York Public Library (NYPL)'s Wakefield branch is located at 4100 Lowerre Place.