East 165th Street & Clay Avenue

East 165th Street and Clay Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Clay Avenue Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. New Pathways Academy is 390 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Brook Av/Park Av, is 360 feet away for the Bx41, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Brook Av/Park Av · Bx41
Within a walk
28 places
14 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 165th Street & Clay Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brook Av/Park Av, 360 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brook Av/Park Av Bx41
    360 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 165th Street.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 165 St & Clay Ave 19 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1029 Washington Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clay Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Clay Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Clay Avenue Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 32 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Transitional Romanesque Revival / neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1901 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New Pathways Academy School
    390 feet
  2. South Bronx International Middle School
    390 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 3 School
    390 feet
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  1. Family Life Academy Charter School II Middle School
    490 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter Schools-Bronx 3 Upper School
    550 feet
  3. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  4. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  5. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bette's Rose Garden
    430 feet
  2. Arcilla Playground
    440 feet
  3. Melrose Commons Park
    1,260 feet
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  1. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    1,260 feet
  2. Railroad Park
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Vineyard International Christian Ministries House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at College Ave - East 165th Street Community center
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fresh Food Marketplace Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clay Avenue or East 165th Street.

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