Brook Avenue & East 158th Street

Brook Avenue and East 158th Street meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Flynn Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 158 St, is 370 feet away for the Bx15 and Bx21, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them gardens, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
3 Av/E 158 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
27 places
9 gardens, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 158th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 158 St, 370 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 158 St Bx15, Bx21
    370 feet
    Bx15 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brook Ave & E 157 St 21 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1993 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the northern red oak and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of East 158th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 158th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

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
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    120 feet
  2. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    400 feet
  3. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Boricua College - Bronx College
    980 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Legacy College Charter High School
    1,280 feet
  4. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flynn Playground
    50 feet
  2. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    330 feet
  3. El Batey Borincano Garden
    730 feet
Show all 13
  1. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    770 feet
  2. La Isla USA Garden
    810 feet
  3. Latinos Unidos Garden
    820 feet
  4. Jardin la Roca Garden
    960 feet
  5. O'Neill Triangle Park
    970 feet
  6. Yolanda García Park
    1,040 feet
  7. Grove Hill Playground
    1,040 feet
  8. Grove Hill Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  9. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    1,080 feet
  10. Vogue Community Garden
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    280 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    970 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 18 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 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 158th Street.

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