East 168th Street & Forest Avenue

East 168th Street and Forest Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Youth Village is 440 feet away, and Bronx Latin is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 168 St, is 230 feet away for the Bx21, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Boston Rd/E 168 St · Bx21
Within a walk
30 places
13 religious buildings, 8 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 168th Street & Forest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 168 St, 230 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 168 St Bx21
    230 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & E 167 St 21 docks in all
    870 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. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 168th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 29 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical. They were mostly built between 1900 and 1902.

  1. Morris High School Outbuilding Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    610 feet
  3. Urban Scholars Community School
    610 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    1,110 feet
  2. Bronx Latin School
    1,110 feet
  3. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    1,110 feet
  4. Harriet Tubman Charter School Junior Academy School
    1,170 feet
  5. Mott Hall Charter School
    1,170 feet
  6. P.S. 063 Author's Academy School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Youth Village Playground
    440 feet
  2. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    520 feet
  3. McKinley Square
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Genesis Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  2. Beatty Plaza
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    860 feet
  2. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morrisania Library Landmark
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 24 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 168th Street or Forest Avenue.

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