Courtlandt Avenue & East 159th Street

Courtlandt Avenue and East 159th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. It is 320 feet to the 159th Street Community Garden. The nearest bus stop, Melrose Av/E 158 St, is 650 feet away for the Bx41, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 12 of them gardens, and eight places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Melrose Av/E 158 St · Bx41
Within a walk
37 places
12 gardens, 10 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Courtlandt Avenue & East 159th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 158 St, 650 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 158 St Bx41
    650 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 161 St & Park Ave 21 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 232 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of East 159th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of East 159th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 12 gardens
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
    820 feet
  3. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    230 feet
  2. 159th Street Community Garden
    320 feet
  3. Railroad Park
    540 feet
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  1. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    380 feet
  2. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    500 feet
  3. Yolanda García Park
    560 feet
  4. Railroad Park Playground
    670 feet
  5. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    770 feet
  6. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    950 feet
  7. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    990 feet
  8. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,000 feet
  9. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    1,020 feet
  10. Melrose Houses Community Garden - Melrose Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,090 feet
  11. La Isla USA Garden
    1,150 feet
  12. Latinos Unidos Garden
    1,150 feet
  13. Melrose Playground
    1,170 feet
  14. Melrose Commons Park
    1,180 feet
  15. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    330 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epworth United Methodist Church House of worship
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    560 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    560 feet
  3. Older adult center at 325 East 156th Street Older adult center
    830 feet
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  1. Community center at Melrose Community center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Courtlandt Avenue or East 159th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.