East 157th Street & Courtlandt Avenue

East 157th Street and Courtlandt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Jackson development. The corner is also named Russell M. Alston Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 29 Ballfield is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, ten of them gardens, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Melrose Av/E 158 St · Bx41
Within a walk
33 places
10 gardens, 9 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 157th Street & Courtlandt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe)” (1996) by José Ortega at the 3 Av-149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 158 St, 620 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 158 St Bx41
    620 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 156 St & Courtlandt Ave 23 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Jackson development.

Since 2014 at least 177 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Russell M. Alston Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Courtlandt Avenue

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

North side of East 157th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 157th Street

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Firehouse Engine Co. 41.

  1. Fire hat Relief by David Saunders, 1994
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 10 gardens
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
    310 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    270 feet
  2. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    310 feet
  3. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    330 feet
Show all 15
  1. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    470 feet
  2. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    490 feet
  3. Melrose Houses Community Garden - Melrose Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    590 feet
  4. Melrose Playground
    680 feet
  5. Latinos Unidos Garden
    800 feet
  6. 159th Street Community Garden
    830 feet
  7. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    880 feet
  8. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  9. Railroad Park
    1,040 feet
  10. Yolanda García Park
    1,050 feet
  11. Railroad Park Playground
    1,170 feet
  12. Vogue Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epworth United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 325 East 156th Street Older adult center
    330 feet
  2. Community center at Melrose Community center
    630 feet
  3. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    880 feet
  2. Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 17 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Courtlandt Avenue or East 157th 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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.