East 172nd Street & Hoe Avenue

East 172nd Street and Hoe Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. The corner is also named Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fairmont Neighborhood School is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Southern Blvd/E 172 St · Bx19
Within a walk
16 places
11 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 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. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Trip Up the Bronx River” (2004) by Daniel Del Valle at the 174 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/E 172 St, 300 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 172 St Bx19
    300 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 172nd Street.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 172 St 19 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 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
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 122 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 172nd Street

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

South side of East 172nd Street

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

East side of Hoe Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hoe Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  2. Fairmont Neighborhood School
    710 feet
  3. Samara Community School Pre-K
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seabury Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 910 East 172nd Street Older adult center
    420 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.