Brook Avenue & East 163rd Street

Brook Avenue and East 163rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Melrose Commons Park is 200 feet away, and P.S. X140 the Eagle School is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 163 St/3 Av, is 680 feet away for the Bx6, Bx6 SBS and Bx13, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
E 163 St/3 Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13
Within a walk
26 places
10 religious buildings, 4 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 163rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 163 St/3 Av, 680 feet away, for the Bx6, Bx6 SBS and Bx13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/3 Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13 · Shelter
    680 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS Bx13
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …
  3. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    490 feet
  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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2021
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,700 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 2006 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 884 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 163rd Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of East 163rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    140 feet
  2. Boricua College - Bronx College
    620 feet
  3. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    980 feet
  2. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    1,230 feet
  3. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Melrose Commons Park
    200 feet
  2. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    390 feet
  3. O'Neill Triangle Park
    470 feet
Show all 8
  1. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,080 feet
  2. Railroad Park
    1,120 feet
  3. La Isla USA Garden
    1,130 feet
  4. Railroad Park Playground
    1,150 feet
  5. Yolanda García Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

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 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 163rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.