East 158th Street & Courtlandt Avenue

East 158th Street and Courtlandt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Jackson development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Melrose Av/E 158 St, is 620 feet away for the Bx41, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, ten of them gardens, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Melrose Av/E 158 St · Bx41
Within a walk
31 places
10 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 158 St & Melrose Ave 23 docks in all
    570 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
    1,240 feet
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2023

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 185 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 158th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 158th Street

  • No parking 7 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 31 public places.

  • 10 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
    560 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    60 feet
  2. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    140 feet
  3. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    520 feet
Show all 15
  1. 159th Street Community Garden
    580 feet
  2. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    700 feet
  3. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    740 feet
  4. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    750 feet
  5. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    780 feet
  6. Railroad Park
    790 feet
  7. Yolanda García Park
    800 feet
  8. Melrose Houses Community Garden - Melrose Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    830 feet
  9. Latinos Unidos Garden
    900 feet
  10. Melrose Playground
    920 feet
  11. Railroad Park Playground
    920 feet
  12. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epworth United Methodist Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 325 East 156th Street Older adult center
    580 feet
  2. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    820 feet
  3. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Community center at Melrose Community center
    870 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 Courtlandt 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.