East 173rd Street & Selwyn Avenue

East 173rd Street and Selwyn Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Grand Concourse Library is 100 feet away, and Garden of Eden is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 174-175 Sts, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174-175 Sts
590 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Morris Av/Mount Eden Pkwy · Bx32
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 173rd Street & Selwyn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174-175 Sts, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 174-175 Sts B, D
    590 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. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 170 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Seasons Everchanging” (2018) by Roy Secord at the 174-175 Sts station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/Mount Eden Pkwy, 420 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/Mount Eden Pkwy Bx32
    420 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E Mount Eden Ave 19 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, June 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
15
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1925 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 173rd Street

  • Doctor plates only 3 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Selwyn Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM

West side of Selwyn Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 070 Max Schoenfeld School
    890 feet
  2. Mid-Bronx CCRP Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morris Mesa Playground
    520 feet
  2. Claremont Park
    640 feet
  3. Garden of Life Garden
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. Claremont Park Playground
    700 feet
  2. Garden of Eden Garden
    790 feet
  3. Jerome Playground South Park
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grand Concourse Library
    100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Christian Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 173rd Street or Selwyn Avenue.

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