East 172nd Street & Commonwealth Avenue

East 172nd Street and Commonwealth Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
720 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
9 places
7 religious buildings, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 172nd Street & Commonwealth Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    720 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Parkchester 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av, 680 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av Bx4, Bx4A
    680 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway at Cross Bronx Service Road N, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1419 Rosedale Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 047 John Randolph School
    490 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Lawrence Triangle
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. Atonement Episcopal Church House of worship
    660 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Taylor Ave House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Church of the Abiding Presence House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Commonwealth Avenue or East 172nd Street.

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