East 156th Street & Kelly Street

East 156th Street and Kelly Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner lies inside the Longwood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Rectory stands 70 feet away, and the Engine 73/Ladder 42 firehouse is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Longwood Av/Kelly St · Bx46
Within a walk
24 places
8 schools, 7 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Longwood Av/Kelly St, 630 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av/Kelly St Bx46
    630 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 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 1909 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 156th Street

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

South side of East 156th Street

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

East side of Kelly Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Kelly Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Longwood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 168 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
    70 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K · landmark
    120 feet
  2. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    720 feet
  3. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    720 feet
Show all 9
  1. Longwood Preparatory Academy School
    820 feet
  2. Success Academy Bronx 3 CMS School
    840 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3 School
    840 feet
  4. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    850 feet
  5. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova School
    1,130 feet
  6. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Al Quiñones Playground
    400 feet
  2. Fox Park
    560 feet
  3. Fox Playground
    660 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bill Rainey Park
    690 feet
  2. Demera Santiago Garden
    710 feet
  3. The William Rainey Garden
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark
    160 feet
  2. United Church Landmark
    580 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 156th Street or Kelly 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.