East 170th Street & Clay Avenue

East 170th Street and Clay Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2026, 812 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Claremont Park Pool is 740 feet away, and Claremont Park Wading Pool is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
E 170 St/Clay Av · Bx11
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 170th Street & Clay Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 170 St/Clay Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 170 St/Clay Av Bx11 · Shelter
    30 feet
    Bx11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 170 St & Clay Ave 24 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Clay Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1724 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2021.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 812 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 50 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 149 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Clay Avenue

  • No parking 17 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of East 170th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 swimming pools

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. Mid-Bronx CCRP Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  3. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 3 School
    1,150 feet
Show all 7
  1. Aleene Logan Child Preschool Center Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  2. Carl C Icahn Charter Middle School
    1,200 feet
  3. Icahn Charter School 1 School
    1,200 feet
  4. Claremont Neighborhood Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Claremont Park
    50 feet
  2. College Avenue Garden
    670 feet
  3. Michel Triangle
    760 feet
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  1. Clay Avenue Community Garden
    910 feet
  2. Grant Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Claremont Neighborhood Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Our Lady of Victory RC Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Claremont Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    740 feet
  2. Claremont Park Pool Swimming pool
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clay Avenue or East 170th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.