College Avenue & East 171st Street

College Avenue and East 171st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. College Avenue Garden is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them schools, and nine places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1949, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Morris Av/E 170 St · Bx32
Within a walk
20 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
College Avenue & East 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 170 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 170 St, 580 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 170 St Bx32 · Shelter
    580 feet
    Bx32
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morris Ave & E 171 St 21 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1925 and 1949.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 124 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of College Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of College Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Help Morris Early Childhood Program Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Bronx Collegiate Academy School
    620 feet
  3. Bronx High School for Medical Science School
    620 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bronx High School of Business School
    620 feet
  2. Claremont International HS School
    620 feet
  3. Dreamyard Preparatory School
    620 feet
  4. New Directions Secondary School
    620 feet
  5. The Bronx School for Continuous Learners School
    620 feet
  6. Jesus Loves the Angels #2 Daycare Pre-K
    720 feet
  7. Jesus Loves the Angels #3 Daycare Pre-K
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. College Avenue Garden
    180 feet
  2. Claremont Park
    320 feet
  3. Grant Park
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    340 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Claremont Park Pool Swimming pool
    680 feet
  2. Claremont Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 15 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along College Avenue or East 171st 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.