Courtlandt Avenue & East 160th Street

Courtlandt Avenue and East 160th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Melrose New Generation Community Garden is 250 feet away, and P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Melrose Av/E 160 St, is 530 feet away for the Bx41, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, ten of them gardens, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Melrose Av/E 160 St · Bx41
Within a walk
35 places
10 gardens, 10 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 160 St, 530 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 160 St Bx41
    530 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 161 St & Park Ave 21 docks in all
    500 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
    730 feet
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
25 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1980 and 2015.

Since 2014 at least 377 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and March 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Courtlandt Avenue

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

West side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 160th Street

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

South side of East 160th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    250 feet
  2. Railroad Park
    290 feet
  3. Railroad Park Playground
    420 feet
Show all 17
  1. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    480 feet
  2. 159th Street Community Garden
    500 feet
  3. Yolanda García Park
    560 feet
  4. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    640 feet
  5. Melrose Commons Park
    940 feet
  6. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,000 feet
  7. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    1,020 feet
  8. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  9. La Isla USA Garden
    1,070 feet
  10. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    1,200 feet
  11. O'Neill Triangle Park
    1,230 feet
  12. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    1,240 feet
  13. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    1,270 feet
  14. Arcilla Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epworth United Methodist Church House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    550 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    550 feet
  3. Older adult center at 325 East 156th Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Courtlandt 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.