East 173rd Street & Ward Avenue

East 173rd Street and Ward Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Starlight Park is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1952, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
E 174 St/Bronx River Av · Bx11
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elder Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Elder Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Trees” (2011) by Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle at the Elder Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 174 St/Bronx River Av, 310 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 174 St/Bronx River Av Bx11
    310 feet
    Bx11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 174 St & Longfellow Ave 20 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1419 Rosedale Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  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 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

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
36 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Ward Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx River Early Learn Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. High School of World Cultures School
    970 feet
  3. Pan American International High School at Monroe School
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Metropolitan Soundview High School
    970 feet
  2. Mott Hall V School
    990 feet
  3. The Cinema School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain William Harry Thompson Playground
    280 feet
  2. Starlight Park
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx River Community Center
    1,020 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1619 East 174th Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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 173rd Street or Ward Avenue.

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