East 163rd Street & Kelly Street

East 163rd Street and Kelly Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named General Colin L. Powell Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Vincent Depaul Residence is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Intervale Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

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East 163rd Street & Kelly Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Intervale Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Intervale Av 2, 5
    730 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. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El 2 and El 5” (1992) by Michael Kelly Williams at the Intervale Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 163 St/Kelly St, 160 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/Kelly St Bx6
    160 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 163 St & Tiffany St 19 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    700 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    380 feet

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

This corner is also named General Colin L. Powell Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 390 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on General Colin L. Powell Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 163rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 163rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Kelly Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Kelly Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Accion Academy School
    850 feet
  3. School of Performing Arts School
    850 feet
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  1. South Bronx Classical Charter School
    850 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    850 feet
  3. Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists School
    1,060 feet
  4. Pharos Academy Charter School
    1,240 feet
  5. Democracy Prep Endurance Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet
  6. The Longwood Academy of Discovery School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bill Rainey Park
    600 feet
  2. Dawson Playground
    970 feet
  3. Wishing Well Garden
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Black Joy Farm Garden
    1,190 feet
  2. Stebbins Playground
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. St Vincent Depaul Residence Nursing home or hospice
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius RC Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Christian Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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