East 156th Street & Hegney Place

East 156th Street and Hegney Place meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, six of them gardens, and five places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1993 and 2010, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
3 Av/E 157 St · Bx21
Within a walk
27 places
6 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 156th Street & Hegney Place 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. 3 Av-149 St 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 157 St, 700 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 157 St Bx21
    700 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 156 St & Brook Ave 19 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1993 and 2010.

Since 2014 at least 231 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 6 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  2. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    760 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    810 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  3. Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School
    920 feet
  4. University Heights Secondary School
    920 feet
  5. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,140 feet
  6. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    360 feet
  2. Flynn Playground
    530 feet
  3. Vogue Community Garden
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. El Batey Borincano Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Grove Hill Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. Magnolia Tree Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  4. Grove Hill Playground
    1,110 feet
  5. Latinos Unidos Garden
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at La Central Public space
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    660 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 156th Street or Hegney Place.

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