East 161st Street & Cauldwell Avenue

East 161st Street and Cauldwell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1995, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
E 163 St/Trinity Av · Bx6
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 161st Street & Cauldwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Av 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 163 St/Trinity Av, 770 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/Trinity Av Bx6
    770 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 161st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cauldwell Ave & E 161 St 18 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1960 and 1995.

Since 2014 at least 62 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Cauldwell Avenue

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

North side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

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
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    320 feet
  2. Legacy College Charter High School
    610 feet
  3. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    760 feet
  2. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,130 feet
  3. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    1,210 feet
  4. P.S. 146 Edward Collins School
    1,240 feet
  5. Blondell Joyner Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    320 feet
  2. Hilton White Playground
    450 feet
  3. Dunbar Playground
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Grove Hill Playground
    740 feet
  2. El Batey Borincano Garden
    840 feet
  3. Grove Hill Community Garden
    880 feet
  4. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodstock Library
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cauldwell Avenue or East 161st Street.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.