Brook Avenue & East 162nd Street

Brook Avenue and East 162nd Street meet at a three-way junction 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. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Elton Av/E 161 St, is 440 feet away for the Bx6 and Bx13, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Elton Av/E 161 St · Bx6, Bx13
Within a walk
28 places
10 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Elton Av/E 161 St, 440 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elton Av/E 161 St Bx6, Bx13 · Shelter
    440 feet
    Bx6 Bx13
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 163 St 23 docks in all
    130 feet

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 February 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 2003 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 862 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

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
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Boricua College - Bronx College
    100 feet
  2. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    580 feet
  3. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    750 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    760 feet
  2. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,080 feet
  3. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  4. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    1,180 feet
  5. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    130 feet
  2. Melrose Commons Park
    730 feet
  3. Jardin la Roca Garden
    830 feet
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  1. La Isla USA Garden
    870 feet
  2. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Yolanda García Park
    1,020 feet
  4. Flynn Playground
    1,050 feet
  5. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    490 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,100 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 162nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYC City Planning, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.