East 158th Street & Cauldwell Avenue

East 158th Street and Cauldwell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Grove Hill Community Garden is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them schools. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1986 and 2009, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
E 163 St/Trinity Av · Bx6
Within a walk
25 places
9 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 158th Street & Cauldwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.3 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. Prospect Av 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 E 163 St/Trinity Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx6.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/Trinity Av Bx6
    0.3 miles
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cauldwell Ave & E 158 St 19 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1986 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 191 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 158th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 158th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 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
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Legacy College Charter High School
    260 feet
  2. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    510 feet
  3. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
Show all 12
  1. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    750 feet
  2. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. Academy of Public Relations School
    980 feet
  4. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    980 feet
  5. P.S. X017 School
    980 feet
  6. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    980 feet
  7. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    1,030 feet
  8. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,200 feet
  9. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grove Hill Playground
    40 feet
  2. Grove Hill Community Garden
    180 feet
  3. El Batey Borincano Garden
    350 feet
Show all 7
  1. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    850 feet
  2. Captain Rivera Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. Hilton White Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. Dunbar Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodstock Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 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 seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cauldwell Avenue or East 158th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.