East 173rd Street & Crotona Park East

East 173rd Street and Crotona Park East meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 20 feet away, and Nature Center in Crotona Park is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Boston Rd/E 173 St · Bx11, Bx21
Within a walk
19 places
7 schools, 5 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 173rd Street & Crotona Park East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 St 2, 5
    1,050 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  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 Boston Rd/E 173 St, 430 feet away, for the Bx11 and Bx21.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 173 St Bx11, Bx21
    430 feet
    Bx11 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Crotona Park East and East 173rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crotona Park East & E 173 St 19 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    530 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.1 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1926 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 138 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cornelian cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crotona Park East

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, and built between 1929 and 1931.

  1. Herman Ridder Junior High School Designated landmark
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Bard High School Early College Bronx School
    290 feet
  3. Bronx Envision Academy School
    290 feet
Show all 9
  1. Explorations Academy H.S. School
    290 feet
  2. E.S.M.T- I.S. 190 School
    720 feet
  3. P.S. 061 Francisco Oller School
    720 feet
  4. East Bronx Academy for the Future School
    1,100 feet
  5. Kids-Centric, Inc. Nora Feury School
    1,210 feet
  6. Beanstalk Childcare Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    20 feet
  2. Hill & Dale Playground
    110 feet
  3. Boxcar Playground (6) Playground
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Carter Playground (7) Playground
    940 feet
  2. Nature Center in Crotona Park Park feature
    1,020 feet
  3. Seabury Playground
    1,030 feet
  4. Crotona Playground (3) Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,090 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crotona Park East or East 173rd Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.