East 163rd Street & Elton Avenue

East 163rd Street and Elton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gospel Hill Baptist Church is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 163 St/3 Av, is 250 feet away for the Bx6, Bx6 SBS and Bx13, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. A bus lane runs along East 163rd Street, all day.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
E 163 St/3 Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13
Within a walk
33 places
14 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 163rd Street & Elton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 163 St/3 Av, 250 feet away, for the Bx6, Bx6 SBS and Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/3 Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13 · Shelter
    250 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS Bx13
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …
  3. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

East 163rd Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 163 St 23 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    210 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 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
  • 2 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
16 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 2,900 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 2017.

Since 2014 at least 845 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 163rd Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Elton Avenue

  • 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 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
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    340 feet
  2. Boricua College - Bronx College
    520 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    560 feet
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  1. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    810 feet
  2. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  3. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    360 feet
  2. Melrose Commons Park
    620 feet
  3. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    810 feet
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  1. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    970 feet
  2. Jardin la Roca Garden
    970 feet
  3. Dunbar Playground
    980 feet
  4. Hilton White Playground
    990 feet
  5. La Isla USA Garden
    1,010 feet
  6. Yolanda García Park
    1,160 feet
  7. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    1,230 feet
  8. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    590 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 22 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 163rd 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.