East 170th Street & Charlotte Street

East 170th Street and Charlotte Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bronx Envision Academy is 1,060 feet away, and Boxcar Playground (6) is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Southern Blvd/Jennings St · Bx19
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 170th Street & Charlotte 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 five 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 174 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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 Southern Blvd/Jennings St, 710 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/Jennings St Bx19
    710 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Louis Nine Blvd & Intervale Ave 19 docks in all
    830 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
    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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 191 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Charlotte Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Charlotte Street

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

North side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Seabury Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Seabury Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Bard High School Early College Bronx School
    1,060 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bronx Envision Academy School
    1,060 feet
  2. Explorations Academy H.S. School
    1,060 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  4. E.S.M.T- I.S. 190 School
    1,140 feet
  5. P.S. 061 Francisco Oller School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    1,140 feet
  2. Boxcar Playground (6) Playground
    1,170 feet
  3. Carter Playground (7) Playground
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 910 East 172nd Street Older adult center
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 14 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Charlotte Street, East 170th Street or Seabury Place.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.