3rd Avenue & St Anns Avenue

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and St Anns Avenue is in Melrose, Bronx, and is also named Captain Oliver Tilden Triangle by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) is 300 feet away, and Hilton White Playground is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 163 St, is 570 feet away for the Bx15 and Bx21. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them gardens, and 16 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & St Anns Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 163 St, 570 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue, East 161st Street and St Anns Avenue.

  • 17 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
    600 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
    1,200 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Captain Oliver Tilden Triangle, a co-naming enacted on December 3, 1974 (Local Law 46 of 1974).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Captain Oliver Tilden Triangle.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 6 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

East side of St Anns Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of St Anns Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

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
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    540 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    760 feet
  3. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Boricua College - Bronx College
    870 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  3. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    920 feet
  4. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    920 feet
  5. Legacy College Charter High School
    1,200 feet
  6. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    300 feet
  2. Hilton White Playground
    670 feet
  3. El Batey Borincano Garden
    720 feet
Show all 13
  1. Flynn Playground
    840 feet
  2. O'Neill Triangle Park
    860 feet
  3. Grove Hill Playground
    1,030 feet
  4. La Isla USA Garden
    1,030 feet
  5. Grove Hill Community Garden
    1,050 feet
  6. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    1,120 feet
  7. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,140 feet
  8. Dunbar Playground
    1,200 feet
  9. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    1,250 feet
  10. Yolanda García Park
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,280 feet

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 signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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