East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway

East 153rd Street and Major Deegan Expressway (Exit 6) meet at a three-way junction in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Franz Sigel Park is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and two places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1936, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
River Av/E 151 St · Bx13
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.3 miles
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 4 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is River Av/E 151 St, 740 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. River Av/E 151 St Bx13
    740 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. River Ave & E 153 St 27 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

A ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound starts at this corner.

  1. 611 Grand Concourse Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
8 and 16 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1927 and 1936.

Since 2014 at least 134 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Thirteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1928 and 1935.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Franz Sigel Park
    640 feet
  2. River Avenue Parks Playground
    730 feet
  3. Franz Sigel Park Playground
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Macombs Dam Park
    850 feet
  2. Dog Run in Franz Sigel Park Dog run
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    270 feet
  2. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 153rd Street or Major Deegan Expressway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.