East 165th Street & Rogers Place

East 165th Street and Rogers Place meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named Cornell ‘Black Benjie’ Benjamin Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Horseshoe Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Intervale Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Intervale Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Westchester Av/Intervale Av · Bx4
Within a walk
30 places
16 religious buildings, 5 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 165th Street & Rogers Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Intervale Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Intervale Av 2, 5
    730 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Simpson St 2, 5
    1,240 feet
    2 5
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El 2 and El 5” (1992) by Michael Kelly Williams at the Intervale Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Intervale Av, 820 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Intervale Av Bx4
    820 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 165th Street and Rogers Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rogers Pl & E 165 St 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2022.

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
37 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Cornell ‘Black Benjie’ Benjamin Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 328 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Cornell ‘Black Benjie’ Benjamin Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Rogers Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Rogers Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Pharos Academy Charter School
    330 feet
  2. Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy Bronx School
    340 feet
  3. Bronx Regional High School
    340 feet
Show all 7
  1. La Peninsula Community Organization Head Start Program 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Endurance Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet
  4. Democracy Preparatory Endurance Charter School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Horseshoe Playground
    30 feet
  2. Stebbins Playground
    340 feet
  3. Schomburg Arts Garden
    500 feet
Show all 6
  1. Behagen Playground
    1,080 feet
  2. Tiffany Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Rev J Polite Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Simpson Street Subway Station and Substation #18 (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Horab Congregation House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Assembly Christian Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  3. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 165th Street or Rogers Place.

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