East 170th Street & Sheridan Avenue

East 170th Street and Sheridan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx High School for Medical Science is 670 feet away, and Claremont International HS is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them schools, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
E 170 St/Grand Concourse · Bx18B
Within a walk
19 places
8 schools, 6 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St B, D
    310 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
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 167 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 170 St/Grand Concourse, 280 feet away, for the Bx18B.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 170 St/Grand Concourse Bx18B
    280 feet
    Bx18B

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 170 St & Sheridan Ave 30 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

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)

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1923 and 1927.

Since 2014 at least 134 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 66 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 170th Street

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 8 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Sheridan Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Sheridan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Collegiate Academy School
    670 feet
  2. Bronx High School for Medical Science School
    670 feet
  3. Bronx High School of Business School
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. Claremont International HS School
    670 feet
  2. Dreamyard Preparatory School
    670 feet
  3. New Directions Secondary School
    670 feet
  4. The Bronx School for Continuous Learners School
    670 feet
  5. Help Morris Early Childhood Program Pre-K
    990 feet
  6. Christ the King School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grant Park
    210 feet
  2. Grant Park Playground
    950 feet
  3. College Avenue Garden
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Claremont Park
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 30 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.