East 163rd Street & Melrose Avenue

East 163rd Street and Melrose Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Melrose Av/E 162 St, is 310 feet away for the Bx41 SBS, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

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

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 162 St, 310 feet away, for the Bx41 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Melrose Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Ave & E 162 St 21 docks in all
    860 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
    670 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 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 32 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
Elevation
22 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 2005 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 582 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 163rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 163rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 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
    660 feet
  2. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Boricua College - Bronx College
    1,180 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Melrose Commons Park
    50 feet
  2. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    50 feet
  3. Railroad Park
    560 feet
Show all 11
  1. Railroad Park Playground
    590 feet
  2. Yolanda García Park
    780 feet
  3. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    850 feet
  4. O'Neill Triangle Park
    980 feet
  5. 159th Street Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  6. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,220 feet
  7. La Isla USA Garden
    1,300 feet
  8. Arcilla Playground
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 163rd Street or Melrose Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.