East 161st Street & Melrose Avenue

East 161st Street and Melrose Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 69 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 986 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 884 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Melrose New Generation Community Garden is 350 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Melrose Av/E 161 St, is 60 feet away for the Bx41. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, ten of them gardens, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
66 hurt
69 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Melrose Av/E 161 St · Bx41
Within a walk
33 places
10 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 161 St, 60 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 161 St Bx41
    60 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

East 161st Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Melrose Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 161 St & Park Ave 21 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    at this corner
  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 69 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 65 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 22 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, March 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 884 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

In 2025, 986 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 775th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 626 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,800 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 2003 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 769 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 161st Street

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

East side of Melrose Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Melrose Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    890 feet
  3. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  2. Boricua College - Bronx College
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Melrose Commons Park
    290 feet
  2. Yolanda García Park
    290 feet
  3. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    350 feet
Show all 16
  1. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    410 feet
  2. 159th Street Community Garden
    500 feet
  3. Railroad Park
    550 feet
  4. O'Neill Triangle Park
    550 feet
  5. Railroad Park Playground
    680 feet
  6. Jardin la Roca Garden
    730 feet
  7. La Isla USA Garden
    800 feet
  8. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    1,000 feet
  9. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    1,050 feet
  10. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  11. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    1,110 feet
  12. Latinos Unidos Garden
    1,130 feet
  13. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    1,090 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 161st Street or Melrose Avenue.

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