East 174th Street & Commonwealth Avenue

East 174th Street and Commonwealth Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Rosedale Av/E 174 St · Bx11
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 174th Street & Commonwealth Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rosedale Av/E 174 St, 280 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rosedale Av/E 174 St Bx11
    280 feet
    Bx11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway at Cross Bronx Service Road N, 1,040 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1419 Rosedale Avenue Gas station
    640 feet
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 174th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 174th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 047 John Randolph School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Lawrence Triangle
    310 feet
  2. Wood Park
    950 feet
  3. Noble Playground
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Metcalf Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Taylor Ave House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Atonement Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and nine 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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Commonwealth Avenue or East 174th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.