East 170th Street & Teller Avenue

East 170th Street and Teller Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Claremont Park is 40 feet away, and Clay Avenue Community Garden is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1937, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
E 170 St/Teller Av · Bx11
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 170th Street & Teller 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 five 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/Teller Av, 20 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 170 St/Teller Av Bx11 · Shelter
    20 feet
    Bx11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Teller Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 170 St & Clay Ave 24 docks in all
    280 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. 1201 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2019.

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 2,200 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 1937.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 127 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 170th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Teller Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 26 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Teller Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Help Morris Early Childhood Program Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Claremont Park
    40 feet
  2. College Avenue Garden
    370 feet
  3. Grant Park
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Claremont Neighborhood Garden
    1,040 feet
  2. Michel Triangle
    1,050 feet
  3. Clay Avenue Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Our Lady of Victory RC Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Claremont Park Pool Swimming pool
    970 feet
  2. Claremont Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 17 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.