East 173rd Street & Weeks Avenue

East 173rd Street and Weeks Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Garden of Life is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 174-175 Sts, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1948, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174-175 Sts
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Morris Av/Mount Eden Pkwy · Bx32
Within a walk
24 places
10 religious buildings, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174-175 Sts, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    4
  2. Tremont Av B, D
    0.5 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, 670 feet away, for the Bx32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Weeks Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mount Eden Pkwy & Eastburn Ave 19 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Clay Avenue, 1,260 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1724 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1923 and 1948.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Weeks Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Weeks Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 park features
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 070 Max Schoenfeld School
    370 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Life Garden
    40 feet
  2. Claremont Park
    390 feet
  3. Claremont Park Playground
    680 feet
Show all 10
  1. Garden of Eden Garden
    40 feet
  2. Bandshell in Claremont Park Park feature
    710 feet
  3. Barry Plaza
    810 feet
  4. Gazebo in Claremont Park Park feature
    820 feet
  5. Morris Mesa Playground
    1,040 feet
  6. Peace Park
    1,080 feet
  7. Peace Park Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grand Concourse Library
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Christian Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Family Baptist Church House of worship
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 42 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 173rd Street or Weeks 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.