East 168th Street & Franklin Avenue

East 168th Street and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. The corner is also named Andy "The Barber" Foxe Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Genesis Community Garden is 400 feet away, and Morrisania Library is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 168 St/Franklin Av, is 70 feet away for the Bx35. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
E 168 St/Franklin Av · Bx35
Within a walk
41 places
14 religious buildings, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 168 St/Franklin Av, 70 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 168 St/Franklin Av Bx35
    70 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 168th Street and Franklin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton Ave & E 168 St 21 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 1 mile 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
    1.1 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
87 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Andy "The Barber" Foxe Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 249 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Andy "The Barber" Foxe Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 168th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 168th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1907 and 1908.

  1. Morris High School Outbuilding Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 5 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harriet Tubman Charter School Junior Academy School
    520 feet
  2. Mott Hall Charter School
    530 feet
  3. P.S. 063 Author's Academy School
    530 feet
Show all 11
  1. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Escuela Comunitaria del Bronx/Bronx Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. Habitot Es Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  4. South Bronx Classical Charter School III School
    1,120 feet
  5. 3467 Ready, Set, Learn L L C Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  6. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    1,250 feet
  7. Urban Scholars Community School
    1,250 feet
  8. Harriet Tubman Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Genesis Community Garden
    400 feet
  2. Beatty Plaza
    660 feet
  3. Youth Village Playground
    690 feet
Show all 11
  1. Hines Park
    720 feet
  2. Hines Park Playground
    730 feet
  3. Rev Lena Irons Unity Park
    850 feet
  4. Estella Diggs Park
    860 feet
  5. McKinley Square
    960 feet
  6. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  7. Morgan Playground
    1,290 feet
  8. Drew Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    540 feet
  2. Bronxcare Special Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    780 feet
  3. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morrisania Library Landmark
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Morrisania Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1315 Franklin Avenue Older adult center
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 168th Street or Franklin 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.