East 160th Street & Elton Avenue

East 160th Street and Elton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Jardin la Roca is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Elton Av/E 161 St, is 300 feet away for the Bx6 and Bx13, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 11 of them gardens, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Elton Av/E 161 St · Bx6, Bx13
Within a walk
36 places
11 gardens, 11 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 160th Street & Elton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Elton Av/E 161 St, 300 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elton Av/E 161 St Bx6, Bx13
    300 feet
    Bx6 Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 163 St 23 docks in all
    660 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 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 2001 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 606 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Elton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Elton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1905 and 1915.

  1. Bronx Borough Courthouse Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 11 gardens
  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    700 feet
  3. Boricua College - Bronx College
    750 feet
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  1. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    910 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jardin la Roca Garden
    30 feet
  2. La Isla USA Garden
    80 feet
  3. Yolanda García Park
    220 feet
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  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    230 feet
  2. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    710 feet
  3. 159th Street Community Garden
    740 feet
  4. Latinos Unidos Garden
    750 feet
  5. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    800 feet
  6. Flynn Playground
    860 feet
  7. Melrose Commons Park
    1,010 feet
  8. Vogue Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  9. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  10. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    1,170 feet
  11. Railroad Park
    1,270 feet
  12. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    1,290 feet
  13. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 160th Street or Elton 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.