Crotona Avenue & East 170th Street

Crotona Avenue and East 170th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 420 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/Prospect Av, is 410 feet away for the Bx21, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Boston Rd/Prospect Av · Bx21
Within a walk
25 places
14 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crotona Avenue & East 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Prospect Av, 410 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Prospect Av Bx21
    410 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & Prospect Ave 19 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    570 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crotona Avenue

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

West side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  2. My First Step Enrichment Program 2 Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. Mott Hall III School
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 110 Theodore Schoenfeld School
    1,120 feet
  2. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    420 feet
  2. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    690 feet
  3. Damiana Pizarro Community Garden
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Playground Of The Stars Playground
    1,080 feet
  2. McKinley Square
    1,250 feet
  3. Martin Van Buren Playground
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 18 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crotona Avenue or East 170th 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.