East 156th Street & Cauldwell Avenue

East 156th Street and Cauldwell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. The corner is also named Grace Maldonado Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 157 Grove Hill is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
Westchester Av/E 156 St · Bx4
Within a walk
23 places
9 schools, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 156th Street & Cauldwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    1,140 feet
    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 Westchester Av/E 156 St, 1,030 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/E 156 St Bx4
    1,030 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Grace Maldonado Way (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022) and Kendra Williams-Melendez Way (Local Law 41 of 2024, enacted on January 20, 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 179 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    310 feet
  3. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    320 feet
Show all 11
  1. Legacy College Charter High School
    780 feet
  2. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  3. Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School
    1,120 feet
  4. University Heights Secondary School
    1,120 feet
  5. Academy of Public Relations School
    1,210 feet
  6. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    1,210 feet
  7. P.S. X017 School
    1,210 feet
  8. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Rivera Playground
    500 feet
  2. Grove Hill Playground
    520 feet
  3. Grove Hill Community Garden
    690 feet
Show all 7
  1. El Batey Borincano Garden
    860 feet
  2. Abigail Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Magnolia Tree Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  4. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,280 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cauldwell Avenue or East 156th 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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.