East 165th Street & Gerard Avenue

East 165th Street and Gerard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner is also named Bishop Earl W. McKay Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hope of Israel Senior Citizens Center is 300 feet away, and Mullaly Playground (1) is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 167 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places and four places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
167 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Grand Concourse/E 165 St · Bx1, Bx2, BxM4
Within a walk
21 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 167 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 167 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 167 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.3 miles
    4 B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Beacons” (2018) by Rico Gatson at the 167 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 165 St, 590 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2 and BxM4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 165 St Bx1, Bx2, BxM4 · Shelter
    590 feet
    Bx1 Bx2 BxM4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …
  3. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 165th Street and Gerard Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gerard Ave & E 165 St 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1133 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Bishop Earl W. McKay Way, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1966.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Bishop Earl W. McKay Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 165th Street

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

South side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Gerard Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Gerard Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Twelve buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1922 and 1941.

  1. The Andrew Freedman Home Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. M & M Prep 3k Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. M&m 24 Hour Daycare Pre-K
    310 feet
  3. All Hallows Institute School
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bronxworks Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  2. Mid-Bronx CCRP Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center Park
    350 feet
  2. Joyce Kilmer Park
    810 feet
  3. Mullaly Playground (1) Playground
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Macombs Dam Park
    860 feet
  2. Jerome Slope Nature area
    940 feet
  3. Joyce Kilmer Park Playground
    980 feet
  4. Mullaly Playground (2) Playground
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Concourse Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bronx Museum of the Arts Museum · landmark
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hope of Israel Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    300 feet
  2. Mullaly Park Pool Swimming pool
    470 feet
  3. Mullaly Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. John Mullaly Recreation Center
    780 feet
  2. Bronx Housing Court Courthouse
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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

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, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.