3rd Avenue & East 161st Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 161st Street is in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. O'Neill Triangle is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 163 St, is 410 feet away for the Bx15 and Bx21, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
3 Av/E 163 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
31 places
7 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 163 St, 410 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 163 St Bx15, Bx21
    410 feet
    Bx15 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 163 St 27 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1971 and 2008.

Since 2014 at least 62 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 3rd Avenue (west side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 161st Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 161st Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 220276 and 223277.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1905 and 1915.

  1. Bronx Borough Courthouse Designated landmark
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Boricua College - Bronx College
    550 feet
  2. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    590 feet
  3. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    610 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    930 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,150 feet
  4. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  5. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    1,230 feet
  6. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    540 feet
  2. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    610 feet
  3. Flynn Playground
    890 feet
Show all 12
  1. Hilton White Playground
    980 feet
  2. El Batey Borincano Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. La Isla USA Garden
    1,080 feet
  4. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    1,090 feet
  5. Dunbar Playground
    1,100 feet
  6. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,110 feet
  7. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    1,170 feet
  8. Melrose Commons Park
    1,300 feet
  9. Yolanda García Park
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    250 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    940 feet
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 161st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.