East 156th Street & Dawson Street

East 156th Street and Dawson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Longwood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz is 560 feet away, and Fox Playground is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
E 156 St/Prospect Av · Bx46
Within a walk
29 places
9 schools, 8 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 156th Street & Dawson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.3 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. Longwood Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 156 St/Prospect Av, 500 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 156 St/Prospect Av Bx46
    500 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beck St & Leggett Ave 20 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1923.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Dawson Street

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

North side of Dawson Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Dawson Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Longwood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 176 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1898 and 1900.

  1. St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K · landmark
    390 feet
  2. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    560 feet
  3. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    560 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    580 feet
  2. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    1,030 feet
  3. Longwood Preparatory Academy School
    1,090 feet
  4. Success Academy Bronx 3 CMS School
    1,110 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3 School
    1,110 feet
  6. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    1,190 feet
  7. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Al Quiñones Playground
    560 feet
  2. Bill Rainey Park
    710 feet
  3. Fox Park
    830 feet
Show all 9
  1. Demera Santiago Garden
    870 feet
  2. Fox Playground
    930 feet
  3. The William Rainey Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Wishing Well Garden
    1,100 feet
  5. Abigail Playground
    1,110 feet
  6. Dawson Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    500 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark
    130 feet
  2. United Church Landmark
    350 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,230 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 signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dawson Street 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.