Eagle Avenue & East 159th Street

Eagle Avenue and East 159th Street meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. El Batey Borincano is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1986 and 2009, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
3 Av/E 158 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
24 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Latin American Stories” (2009) by George Crespo at the Jackson Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 158 St, 1,120 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 158 St Bx15, Bx21
    1,120 feet
    Bx15 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cauldwell Ave & E 158 St 19 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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 1986 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 185 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Eagle Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1905 and 1915.

  1. Bronx Borough Courthouse Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Legacy College Charter High School
    530 feet
  2. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    690 feet
  3. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    690 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    760 feet
  2. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  3. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    880 feet
  4. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    930 feet
  5. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    940 feet
  6. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    1,060 feet
  7. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Batey Borincano Garden
    110 feet
  2. Grove Hill Playground
    290 feet
  3. Grove Hill Community Garden
    310 feet
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  1. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    330 feet
  2. Flynn Playground
    800 feet
  3. Hilton White Playground
    810 feet
  4. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

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