East 165th Street & Trinity Avenue

East 165th Street and Trinity Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Forest development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania stands 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 165 St, is 620 feet away for the Bx21, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Boston Rd/E 165 St · Bx21
Within a walk
32 places
14 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 165 St, 620 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 165 St Bx21
    620 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 165th Street and Trinity Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tinton Ave & E 165 St 19 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1957 and 1982.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Forest development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Trinity Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 8 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Trinity Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Fourteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical, and mostly built between 1902 and 1903.

  1. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania - Smith Memorial Hall Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania Rectory Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 146 Edward Collins School
    540 feet
  2. Bronx International High School
    790 feet
  3. High School for Violin and Dance School
    790 feet
Show all 9
  1. Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies School · landmark · listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Sharon Baptist Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Gwendolyn B. Bland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  4. Sunshine Devel - Sharon Baptist HS School
    1,120 feet
  5. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    1,250 feet
  6. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Franklin Memorial Garden
    340 feet
  2. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    400 feet
  3. Behagen Playground
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    730 feet
  2. Dunbar Playground
    800 feet
  3. Franklin Triangle
    1,200 feet
  4. Hilton White Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Forest Community center
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

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

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