East 170th Street & College Avenue

East 170th Street and College Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mount Sinai Baptist Church is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
E 170 St/College Av · Bx11
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St B, D
    980 feet
    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. 170 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 170 St/College Av, 110 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 170 St/College Av Bx11
    110 feet
    Bx11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. College Ave & E 170 St 24 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1201 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 1941.

Since 2014 at least 196 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of College Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of College Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of East 170th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 222787.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Help Morris Early Childhood Program Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Bronx Collegiate Academy School
    1,050 feet
  3. Bronx High School for Medical Science School
    1,050 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bronx High School of Business School
    1,050 feet
  2. Claremont International HS School
    1,050 feet
  3. Dreamyard Preparatory School
    1,050 feet
  4. New Directions Secondary School
    1,050 feet
  5. The Bronx School for Continuous Learners School
    1,050 feet
  6. Jesus Loves the Angels #2 Daycare Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  7. Jesus Loves the Angels #3 Daycare Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grant Park
    330 feet
  2. College Avenue Garden
    330 feet
  3. Claremont Park
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Claremont Park Pool Swimming pool
    1,160 feet
  2. Claremont Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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

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