East 169th Street & Tinton Avenue

East 169th Street and Tinton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Morrisania Library is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
E 169 St/Boston Rd · Bx35
Within a walk
25 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 169 St/Boston Rd, 170 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 169 St/Boston Rd Bx35
    170 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 169th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union Ave & E 169 St 19 docks in all
    420 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. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    1,000 feet
  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
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 174 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 169th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival, and built between 1907 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. My First Step Enrichment Program 2 Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    920 feet
  3. Urban Scholars Community School
    920 feet
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  1. Mott Hall Charter School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 063 Author's Academy School
    940 feet
  3. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    990 feet
  4. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKinley Square
    270 feet
  2. Beatty Plaza
    590 feet
  3. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Youth Village Playground
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    340 feet
  2. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morrisania Library Landmark
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 169th Street or Tinton 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.