Bronx River Parkway & East 172nd Street

Bronx River Parkway and East 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Harrod Place Community Garden is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Morrison Av-Soundview, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1966, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morrison Av-Soundview
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
E 174 St/Harrod Av · Bx11
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronx River Parkway & East 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morrison Av-Soundview, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    1,150 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Elder Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Land Between Two Waters” (2010) by Maria Cristalli & Marc Brown at the Morrison Av-Soundview station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 174 St/Harrod Av, 960 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 174 St/Harrod Av Bx11 · Shelter
    960 feet
    Bx11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 1,070 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1419 Rosedale Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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 June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1966.

Since 2014 at least 254 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 195 School
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S. 196 School
    1,120 feet
  3. Mott Hall V School
    1,230 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Cinema School
    1,230 feet
  2. Excellent Children Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harrod Place Community Garden
    970 feet
  2. Metcalf Playground
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Morrison Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clason's Point Library
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Abiding Presence House of worship
    320 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bronx River Parkway or East 172nd Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.