East 170th Street & Franklin Avenue

East 170th Street and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Damiana Pizarro Community Garden is 410 feet away, and Morrisania Library is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/Prospect Av, is 1,020 feet away for the Bx21, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Boston Rd/Prospect Av · Bx21
Within a walk
29 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Prospect Av, 1,020 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Prospect Av Bx21
    1,020 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton Ave & St Paul's Pl 19 docks in all
    850 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
    1,170 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15 and 16 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mott Hall III School
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 110 Theodore Schoenfeld School
    580 feet
  3. Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics School
    920 feet
Show all 7
  1. Eximius College Preparatory Academy: a College Board School
    920 feet
  2. The Gloria Alston Children's Learning Center (WNYCS) School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,090 feet
  3. My First Step Enrichment Program 2 Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  4. Wildflower New York Charter School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    390 feet
  2. Damiana Pizarro Community Garden
    410 feet
  3. Playground Of The Stars Playground
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. Gouverneur Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. Beatty Plaza
    1,050 feet
  3. Drew Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morrisania Library
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Iglesia Ni Cristo Church of Christ House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 East 170th Street or Franklin Avenue.

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.