East 172nd Street & Wythe Place

East 172nd Street and Wythe Place meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Collegiate Academy is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 11 of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
680 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Grand Concourse/E 172 St · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
19 places
11 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 172nd Street & Wythe Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St B, D
    680 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 170 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 172 St, 370 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 172 St Bx1, Bx2
    370 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 172nd Street.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walton Ave & E 171 St 19 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.9 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
108 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 186 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 172nd Street

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

East side of Wythe Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Wythe Place

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Lucero Elementary School
    860 feet
  2. The Walton Avenue School
    860 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 15
  1. Bronx Collegiate Academy School
    1,150 feet
  2. Bronx High School for Medical Science School
    1,150 feet
  3. Bronx High School of Business School
    1,150 feet
  4. Claremont International HS School
    1,150 feet
  5. Dreamyard Preparatory School
    1,150 feet
  6. New Directions Secondary School
    1,150 feet
  7. The Bronx School for Continuous Learners School
    1,150 feet
  8. Mid-Bronx CCRP Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  9. Jesus Loves the Angels #2 Daycare Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  10. Jesus Loves the Angels #3 Daycare Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  11. Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School
    1,210 feet
  12. Mount Eden Children's Academy School
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 28 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 East 172nd Street or Wythe Place.

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