East 172nd Street & Croes Avenue

East 172nd Street and Croes Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Westchester Av/Noble Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 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/Noble Av, 860 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Noble Av Bx4, Bx4A
    860 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 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
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 254 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Croes Avenue

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

West side of Croes Avenue

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

North side of East 172nd Street

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

South side of East 172nd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sound Dale Center for Early Childhood Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 047 John Randolph School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metcalf Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Abiding Presence House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Soundview Post Office
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 16 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Croes 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.