East 162nd Street & Melrose Avenue

East 162nd Street and Melrose Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Melrose Commons Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Melrose Av/E 162 St, is 60 feet away for the Bx41 SBS, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Melrose Av/E 162 St · Bx41 SBS
Within a walk
29 places
9 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 162nd Street & Melrose Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 162 St, 60 feet away, for the Bx41 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 162 St Bx41 SBS · Shelter
    60 feet
    Bx41 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 SBS …

Live arrivals

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. Park Ave & E 162 St 21 docks in all
    710 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
    410 feet
  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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 2016.

Since 2014 at least 734 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 162nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 162nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    640 feet
  2. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Boricua College - Bronx College
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Melrose Commons Park
    40 feet
  2. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    160 feet
  3. Railroad Park
    410 feet
Show all 14
  1. Railroad Park Playground
    430 feet
  2. Yolanda García Park
    530 feet
  3. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    590 feet
  4. O'Neill Triangle Park
    720 feet
  5. 159th Street Community Garden
    740 feet
  6. Jardin la Roca Garden
    970 feet
  7. La Isla USA Garden
    1,040 feet
  8. Arcilla Playground
    1,150 feet
  9. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    1,240 feet
  10. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    1,290 feet
  11. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown 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 ten 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 162nd Street or Melrose Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.