Brook Avenue & East 159th Street

Brook Avenue and East 159th Street meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Peters and Pauls Church is 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 158 St, is 460 feet away for the Bx15 and Bx21, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them gardens, and 14 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 159th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 158 St, 460 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 78 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
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 159th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 159th Street

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

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
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 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
    220 feet
  2. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    310 feet
  3. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Boricua College - Bronx College
    900 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. Legacy College Charter High School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flynn Playground
    140 feet
  2. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    420 feet
  3. El Batey Borincano Garden
    630 feet
Show all 13
  1. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    860 feet
  2. O'Neill Triangle Park
    890 feet
  3. La Isla USA Garden
    900 feet
  4. Latinos Unidos Garden
    910 feet
  5. Grove Hill Playground
    950 feet
  6. Grove Hill Community Garden
    970 feet
  7. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    990 feet
  8. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,050 feet
  9. Yolanda García Park
    1,130 feet
  10. Vogue Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    1,060 feet

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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 159th 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.