East 156th Street & Tinton Avenue

East 156th Street and Tinton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Adams development. The corner is also named Danilo Lachapel Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Abigail Playground is 60 feet away, and United Church is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

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

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    810 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
    1,120 feet
    2 5
  2. E 149 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

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, 130 feet away, for the Bx4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & E 156 St 23 docks in all
    80 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
    0.4 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
46 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Danilo Lachapel Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Adams development.

Since 2014 at least 162 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Danilo Lachapel Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    310 feet
  2. Academy of Public Relations School
    500 feet
  3. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    500 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. X017 School
    500 feet
  2. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    500 feet
  3. St Anselm School
    710 feet
  4. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    1,020 feet
  5. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    1,110 feet
  6. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abigail Playground
    60 feet
  2. Captain Rivera Playground
    420 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Woodstock Library
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. United Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    730 feet
  2. Older adult center at 735 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    1,000 feet
  3. Community center at Adams Community center
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 23 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 156th Street or Tinton 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, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.