East 161st Street & Sherman Avenue

East 161st Street and Sherman Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 48 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 6,863 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Bronx Criminal Court is 160 feet away, and Sun, Wind & Shade Oasis is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about five minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them courthouses, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
48 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
E 161 St/Sherman Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13
Within a walk
18 places
5 courthouses, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    1,190 feet
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 161 St/Sherman Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx6, Bx6 SBS and Bx13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 161 St/Sherman Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13
    30 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …
  3. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

East 161st Street carries a bus lane, 7am to 8pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 161 St 27 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 48 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 6,863 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 26th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 4,630 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1927 and 1948.

Since 2014 at least 69 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Twelve buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Moderne, and mostly built between 1937 and 1941.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Bronx County Hall of Justice.

  1. One Stone Installation by Cai Guo-Qiang, 2007
    380 feet
  2. Bronx Archway Installation by Alison Sky, 2014
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 courthouses
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All Seasons ABC Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice School
    710 feet
  3. P.S. 035 Franz Siegel School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joyce Kilmer Park
    860 feet
  2. Sun, Wind & Shade Oasis Garden
    930 feet
  3. Railroad Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lou Gehrig Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Melrose Library
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epworth United Methodist Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Criminal Court Courthouse
    160 feet
  2. Bronx Supreme Court Criminal Term Courthouse
    220 feet
  3. Bronx Hall of Justice Courthouse
    260 feet
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  1. Bronx Family Court Courthouse
    320 feet
  2. Bronx Supreme Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Older adult center at 900 Grand Concourse Older adult center · landmark
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    300 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    50 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.