East 176th Street & Townsend Avenue

East 176th Street and Townsend Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mount Hope, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Townsend Garden is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 176 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
176 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Jerome Av/E 176 St · Bx32
Within a walk
23 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 176th Street & Townsend Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 176 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 176 St 4
    310 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. 174-175 Sts B, D
    1,030 feet
    B D
  2. Tremont Av B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Reaching Out For Each Other” (2006) by Juan Sánchez at the 176 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jerome Av/E 176 St, 310 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/E 176 St Bx32
    310 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walton Ave & E 176 St 23 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Walton Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1736 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    860 feet
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Hope
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 490 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 176th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Townsend Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Townsend Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Marc Academy and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 236 Langston Hughes School
    570 feet
  3. I.S. 117 Joseph H. Wade School
    850 feet
Show all 7
  1. Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx School
    850 feet
  2. Northeast Bronx Day Care Cntr Grow School
    890 feet
  3. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  4. B ' Above Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Patch on Walton Garden
    300 feet
  2. Townsend Garden
    630 feet
  3. Mount Hope Playground
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Davidson Park
    1,170 feet
  2. Dr. Thomasina Bushby Park
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. PTL Temple of the Living God House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 18 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 East 176th Street or Townsend 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.