3rd Avenue & East 162nd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 162nd Street is in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gospel Hill Baptist Church is 520 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 163 St, is 210 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, ten of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 163 St, 210 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 163 St 27 docks in all
    240 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
    840 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
37 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 1982 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 169 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    410 feet
  2. Boricua College - Bronx College
    530 feet
  3. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    730 feet
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  1. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    790 feet
  2. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,030 feet
  3. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  4. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  5. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    580 feet
  2. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    660 feet
  3. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    890 feet
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  1. Dunbar Playground
    900 feet
  2. Hilton White Playground
    910 feet
  3. El Batey Borincano Garden
    1,070 feet
  4. Flynn Playground
    1,090 feet
  5. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    1,150 feet
  6. Melrose Commons Park
    1,180 feet
  7. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,280 feet
  8. La Isla USA Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    40 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 162nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.