East 170th Street & Bristow Street

East 170th Street and Bristow Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Model T Community Garden is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Prospect Av/Boston Rd · Bx17
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 170th Street & Bristow Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.3 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 Prospect Av/Boston Rd, 550 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Boston Rd Bx17
    550 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & Prospect Ave 19 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
73 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.

Since 2014 at least 269 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bristow Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Bristow Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    680 feet
  3. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cordelia’s Garden
    860 feet
  2. Model T Community Garden
    900 feet
  3. Crotona Park
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    1,200 feet
  2. Martin Van Buren Playground
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 13 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bristow Street or East 170th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.