East 169th Street & College Avenue

East 169th Street and College Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Clay Avenue Community Garden is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Morris Av/E 169 St · Bx32
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 169th Street & College Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 170 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 167 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 169 St, 350 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 169 St Bx32 · Shelter
    350 feet
    Bx32
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. College Ave & E 169 St 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1201 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 179 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 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
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of College Avenue

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

West side of College Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of East 169th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 169th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 053 Basheer Quisim School
    1,090 feet
  2. Bronx Writing Academy School
    1,240 feet
  3. J.H.S. 022 Jordan L. Mott School
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Success Academy-Bronx 2 Middle School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Claremont Neighborhood Garden
    570 feet
  2. Grant Park
    570 feet
  3. Grant Park Playground
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Clay Avenue Community Garden
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. Grand Concourse SDA Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 17/Engine 92/Ladder 44 Fire station
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 22 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along College Avenue or East 169th Street.

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