East 163rd Street & Sherman Avenue

East 163rd Street and Sherman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner is also named Melanie Rodriguez Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Morris Av/E 163 St · Bx32
Within a walk
24 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.3 miles
    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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 167 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B 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 Morris Av/E 163 St, 630 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 163 St Bx32
    630 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morris Ave & E 163 St 21 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 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 March 2025.

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
43 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Melanie Rodriguez Place, a co-naming enacted on August 3, 2016 (Local Law 92 of 2016).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1923 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Melanie Rodriguez Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 163rd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDRENS SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 163rd Street

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

East side of Sherman Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Sherman Avenue

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Thirteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Moderne, and mostly built between 1927 and 1940.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Bronx County Hall of Justice.

  1. One Stone Installation by Cai Guo-Qiang, 2007
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 courthouses
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice School
    150 feet
  2. P.S. 035 Franz Siegel School
    410 feet
  3. Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning School
    680 feet
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  1. Grant Avenue Elementary School
    680 feet
  2. Science and Technology Academy: a Mott Hall School
    680 feet
  3. All Seasons ABC Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  4. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sun, Wind & Shade Oasis Garden
    270 feet
  2. Joyce Kilmer Park
    820 feet
  3. Joyce Kilmer Park Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Melrose Library
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Family Court Courthouse
    450 feet
  2. Bronx Criminal Court Courthouse
    580 feet
  3. Bronx Supreme Court Criminal Term Courthouse
    630 feet
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  1. Bronx Hall of Justice Courthouse
    650 feet
  2. Older adult center at 900 Grand Concourse Older adult center · landmark
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. Shop Fresh Food Marketplace Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    960 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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

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