East 161st Street & Elton Avenue

East 161st Street and Elton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. O'Neill Triangle is 20 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Elton Av/E 161 St, is 40 feet away for the Bx6 and Bx13, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. A bus lane runs along East 161st Street, all day.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Elton Av/E 161 St · Bx6, Bx13
Within a walk
30 places
10 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Elton Av/E 161 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx13.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

East 161st Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 163 St 23 docks in all
    390 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
    700 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 2005 and 2012.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 161st Street

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

East side of Elton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Elton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 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
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    430 feet
  2. Boricua College - Bronx College
    630 feet
  3. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  2. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,180 feet
  3. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    20 feet
  2. Jardin la Roca Garden
    300 feet
  3. La Isla USA Garden
    340 feet
Show all 13
  1. Yolanda García Park
    490 feet
  2. Melrose Commons Park
    810 feet
  3. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    880 feet
  4. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    880 feet
  5. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    970 feet
  6. 159th Street Community Garden
    1,010 feet
  7. Latinos Unidos Garden
    1,020 feet
  8. Railroad Park
    1,080 feet
  9. Flynn Playground
    1,130 feet
  10. Railroad Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,050 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.