East 156th Street & Forest Avenue

East 156th Street and Forest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Academy of Public Relations is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Westchester Av/E 156 St · Bx4
Within a walk
26 places
8 religious buildings, 8 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    640 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
    0.3 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, 300 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/E 156 St Bx4
    300 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & E 156 St 23 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1958 and 1964.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development.

Since 2014 at least 138 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 156th Street

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

South side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Forest Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - SEPT 30 WEDNESDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Forest Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - SEPT 30 WEDNESDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of Public Relations School
    490 feet
  2. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    490 feet
  3. P.S. X017 School
    490 feet
Show all 10
  1. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    490 feet
  2. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    660 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    960 feet
  4. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    1,030 feet
  5. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  6. St Anselm School
    1,060 feet
  7. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Rivera Playground
    60 feet
  2. Abigail Playground
    420 feet
  3. Grove Hill Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Woodstock Library
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    530 feet
  2. Older adult center at 735 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    970 feet
  3. Community center at Adams Community center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 13 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 156th Street or Forest Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.