East 158th Street & Melrose Avenue

East 158th Street and Melrose Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. The corner is also named Nos Quedamos Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 29 Ballfield is 370 feet away, and St Peters and Pauls Church is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 13 of them gardens, and 15 places to eat.

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

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 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, 140 feet away, for the Bx41.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Melrose Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 158 St & Melrose Ave 23 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    910 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
29 feet above sea level

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 254 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

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 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 13 gardens
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    260 feet
  2. Yolanda García Park
    300 feet
  3. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    310 feet
Show all 19
  1. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    320 feet
  2. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    370 feet
  3. Latinos Unidos Garden
    390 feet
  4. 159th Street Community Garden
    420 feet
  5. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    570 feet
  6. Jardin la Roca Garden
    740 feet
  7. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    810 feet
  8. Flynn Playground
    850 feet
  9. La Isla USA Garden
    890 feet
  10. Vogue Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  11. Melrose Commons Park
    1,020 feet
  12. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    1,100 feet
  13. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  14. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    1,160 feet
  15. O'Neill Triangle Park
    1,220 feet
  16. Railroad Park
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 325 East 156th Street Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    690 feet
  2. Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 Fire station
    840 feet
  3. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 24 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.