3rd Avenue & East 164th Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and East 164th Street is in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 165 St, is 350 feet away for the Bx21, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Boston Rd/E 165 St · Bx21
Within a walk
35 places
17 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 164th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 165 St, 350 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 165 St Bx21 · Shelter
    350 feet
    Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 14 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
    540 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 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 September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 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 2014.

Since 2014 at least 368 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 2 signs AMBULETTE & ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 164th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 164th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    470 feet
  2. Sharon Baptist Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - Sharon Baptist HS School
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 146 Edward Collins School
    720 feet
  2. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    770 feet
  4. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    930 feet
  5. Boricua College - Bronx College
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    440 feet
  2. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    490 feet
  3. Franklin Triangle
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. Franklin Memorial Garden
    1,010 feet
  2. Dunbar Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Hilton White Playground
    1,110 feet
  4. Hines Park
    1,160 feet
  5. O'Neill Triangle Park
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. Bronx Borough Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 164th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.