Cauldwell Avenue & East 160th Street

Cauldwell Avenue and East 160th 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. Legacy College Charter High School is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,060 feet
E 163 St/Trinity Av · Bx6
Within a walk
24 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cauldwell Avenue & East 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 163 St/Trinity Av, 1,060 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/Trinity Av Bx6
    1,060 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cauldwell Ave & E 161 St 18 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 July 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Legacy College Charter High School
    310 feet
  2. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    620 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    910 feet
  2. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    960 feet
  3. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,150 feet
  4. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    1,150 feet
  5. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  6. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grove Hill Playground
    440 feet
  2. El Batey Borincano Garden
    570 feet
  3. Grove Hill Community Garden
    580 feet
Show all 7
  1. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    580 feet
  2. Hilton White Playground
    750 feet
  3. Dunbar Playground
    910 feet
  4. Flynn Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodstock Library
    900 feet
  2. Bronx Borough Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cauldwell Avenue or East 160th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.