3rd Avenue & East 166th Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and East 166th Street is in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Estella Diggs Park is 480 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 166 St, is 130 feet away for the Bx15, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
3 Av/E 166 St · Bx15
Within a walk
42 places
22 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 166th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 166 St, 130 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 166 St Bx15
    130 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Franklin Ave 19 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1029 Washington Avenue Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 413 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of East 166th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 166th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built between 1908 and 1911.

  1. Second Battery Armory Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Sunshine Devel - Sharon Baptist HS School
    540 feet
  3. Sharon Baptist Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
Show all 10
  1. South Bronx Classical Charter School III School
    740 feet
  2. South Bronx Community Charter High School
    780 feet
  3. 3467 Ready, Set, Learn L L C Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  4. Escuela Comunitaria del Bronx/Bronx Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  5. Habitot Es Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  6. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,070 feet
  7. Harriet Tubman Charter School Junior Academy School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Franklin Triangle
    250 feet
  2. Estella Diggs Park
    480 feet
  3. Hines Park
    490 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hines Park Playground
    630 feet
  2. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    910 feet
  3. Genesis Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at 1162 - 1176 Washington Avenue Community center
    990 feet
  2. Morrisania Post Office Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 26/Engine 50/Ladder 19 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 166th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.