Clay Avenue & East 166th Street

Clay Avenue and East 166th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Clay Avenue Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Vineyard International Christian Ministries is 510 feet away, and Success Academy Charter Schools-Bronx 3 Upper is 1,030 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Brook Av/Park Av, is 750 feet away for the Bx41. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Brook Av/Park Av · Bx41
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clay Avenue & East 166th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brook Av/Park Av, 750 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brook Av/Park Av Bx41
    750 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Webster Ave & E 166 St 19 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1201 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 102 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clay Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Clay Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of East 166th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 166th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Clay Avenue Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 32 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Transitional Romanesque Revival / neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1901 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Pathways Academy School
    890 feet
  2. South Bronx International Middle School
    890 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 3 School
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Family Life Academy Charter School II Middle School
    970 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter Schools-Bronx 3 Upper School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bette's Rose Garden
    910 feet
  2. Arcilla Playground
    940 feet
  3. Mott Playground
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Triboro Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Vineyard International Christian Ministries House of worship
    510 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at College Ave - East 165th Street Community center
    1,210 feet
  2. Morrisania Post Office Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fresh Food Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clay Avenue or East 166th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.