East 161st Street & Forest Avenue

East 161st Street and Forest Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's McKinley development. The corner is also named Rev. T. Wendell Foster Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
E 163 St/Tinton Av · Bx6
Within a walk
21 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    1,320 feet
    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/Tinton Av, 790 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/Tinton Av Bx6 · Shelter
    790 feet
    Bx6
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 161st Street.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 160 St & Tinton Ave 22 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Rev. T. Wendell Foster Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1969.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's McKinley development.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rev. T. Wendell Foster Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1913 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blondell Joyner Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    600 feet
  3. Gwendolyn B. Bland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
Show all 11
  1. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    780 feet
  2. United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LL School
    780 feet
  3. United Charter High School for the Humanities II School
    780 feet
  4. Academy of Public Relations School
    960 feet
  5. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    960 feet
  6. P.S. X017 School
    960 feet
  7. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    960 feet
  8. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dunbar Playground
    810 feet
  2. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. Hilton White Playground
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Captain Rivera Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodstock Library Landmark
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Forest Community center
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 16 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 East 161st Street or Forest 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.