East 172nd Street & Morrison Avenue

East 172nd Street and Morrison Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Clason's Point Library is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Morrison Av-Soundview, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morrison Av-Soundview
850 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Westchester Av/Morrison Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morrison Av-Soundview, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    850 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Elder Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Land Between Two Waters” (2010) by Maria Cristalli & Marc Brown at the Morrison Av-Soundview station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Morrison Av, 840 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Morrison Av Bx4, Bx4A
    840 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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, 1,200 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1661 Watson Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Morrison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Morrison Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 200548 and 200563.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 195 School
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 196 School
    740 feet
  3. Mott Hall V School
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Cinema School
    840 feet
  2. Excellent Children Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  3. High School of World Cultures School
    1,150 feet
  4. Pan American International High School at Monroe School
    1,150 feet
  5. The Metropolitan Soundview High School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harrod Place Community Garden
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Morrison Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clason's Point Library
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Abiding Presence House of worship
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 13 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.