East 166th Street & Trinity Avenue

East 166th Street and Trinity Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Morris High School Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania stands 130 feet away, and Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies is 180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 166 St, is 260 feet away for the Bx21. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Boston Rd/E 166 St · Bx21
Within a walk
36 places
19 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 166th Street & Trinity Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 166 St, 260 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 166 St Bx21 · Shelter
    260 feet
    Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 166th Street and Trinity Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & E 167 St 21 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

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
88 feet above sea level

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 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 166th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Trinity Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Trinity Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Morris High School Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 61 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical. They were mostly built between 1900 and 1903.

  1. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania Rectory Designated landmark
    140 feet
  3. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania - Smith Memorial Hall Designated landmark
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx International High School
    180 feet
  2. High School for Violin and Dance School
    180 feet
  3. Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies School · landmark · listed historic place
    180 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 146 Edward Collins School
    1,110 feet
  2. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Franklin Memorial Garden
    410 feet
  2. Hines Park
    790 feet
  3. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. Behagen Playground
    820 feet
  2. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    820 feet
  3. Youth Village Playground
    910 feet
  4. Estella Diggs Park
    1,030 feet
  5. Hines Park Playground
    1,100 feet
  6. Franklin Triangle
    1,190 feet
  7. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Forest Community center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 14 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 166th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.