East 172nd Street & Vyse Avenue

East 172nd Street and Vyse Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. The corner is also named Mother Arnetta Crawford Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fairmont Neighborhood School is 450 feet away, and Starlight Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Southern Blvd/E 172 St · Bx19
Within a walk
21 places
12 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 172nd Street & Vyse 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 seven 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, 560 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 172 St Bx19
    560 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
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 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
67 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Mother Arnetta Crawford Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 846 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Mother Arnetta Crawford Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Vyse Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Vyse Avenue

  • No parking 5 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

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Fairmont Neighborhood School
    450 feet
  2. Samara Community School Pre-K
    450 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School
    1,180 feet
  2. P.S. 066 School of Higher Expectations School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rock Garden Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Starlight Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Rock Garden Park Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 172nd Street or Vyse 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.