East 170th Street & Stebbins Avenue

East 170th Street and Stebbins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Martin Van Buren Playground is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd · Bx21
Within a walk
19 places
11 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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
    0.5 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 Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd, 500 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd Bx21
    500 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & Prospect Ave 19 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 269 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 170th Street

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

East side of Stebbins Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Stebbins Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  3. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Cordelia’s Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. Martin Van Buren Playground
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Model T Community Garden
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and ten 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 170th Street or Stebbins 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.