East 163rd Street & Simpson Street

East 163rd Street and Simpson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named Bronx Halloween Parade Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 6,732 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Hunts Point Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hunts Point Av
570 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 163 St/Fox St · Bx6
Within a walk
21 places
6 schools, 3 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 163rd Street & Simpson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hunts Point Av, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hunts Point Av 6
    570 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Simpson St 2, 5
    1,090 feet
    2 5
  2. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 163 St/Fox St, 50 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/Fox St Bx6
    50 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 760 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,230 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 6,732 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 28th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 2,675 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
49 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Bronx Halloween Parade Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 576 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Bronx Halloween Parade Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 163rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 163rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Simpson Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 220375 and 221894.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 career or business center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists School
    210 feet
  2. NY Healthcare School Trade or language school
    700 feet
  3. Accion Academy School
    890 feet
Show all 8
  1. School of Performing Arts School
    890 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School
    890 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    890 feet
  4. Democracy Preparatory Endurance Charter School
    1,060 feet
  5. Democracy Prep Endurance Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Black Joy Farm Garden
    350 feet
  2. Monsignor Raul Del Valle Square
    510 feet
  3. Mildred T. Rhodebeck Garden (Garden of Eden) Garden
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Hoe Avenue Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Del Valle Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunts Point Rail Station Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Simpson Street Subway Station and Substation #18 (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Hunts Point Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius RC Church House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hunts Point Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    310 feet
  2. Older adult center at 887 Southern Boulevard Older adult center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Simpson Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.