East 156th Street & Jackson Avenue

East 156th Street and Jackson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Captain Rivera Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
860 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Westchester Av/E 156 St · Bx4
Within a walk
25 places
9 schools, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    860 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, 520 feet away, for the Bx4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1963.

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

Since 2014 at least 175 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 156th Street

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

East side of Jackson Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Jackson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of Public Relations School
    710 feet
  2. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    710 feet
  3. P.S. X017 School
    710 feet
Show all 11
  1. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    710 feet
  2. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    740 feet
  3. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    810 feet
  4. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    830 feet
  5. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    880 feet
  6. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    960 feet
  7. St Anselm School
    1,280 feet
  8. Legacy College Charter High School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Rivera Playground
    60 feet
  2. Abigail Playground
    640 feet
  3. Grove Hill Playground
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grove Hill Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Woodstock Library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    750 feet
  2. Older adult center at 735 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    1,170 feet
  3. Community center at Adams Community center
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine 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 Jackson 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.