East 187th Street & Tiebout Avenue

East 187th Street and Tiebout Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fordham Heights, Bronx. The corner is also named Reverend Dr. Samuel G. Simpson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Baptist Church is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Webster Av/E 187 St · Bx41
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 187th Street & Tiebout Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    1,000 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. Fordham Rd 4
    0.4 miles
    4
  2. 182-183 Sts B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/E 187 St, 660 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Webster Av/E 187 St Bx41
    660 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tiebout Ave & E 184 St 18 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4709 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
15
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fordham Heights
Elevation
107 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Reverend Dr. Samuel G. Simpson Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1915 and 1936.

Since 2014 at least 111 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Reverend Dr. Samuel G. Simpson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 187th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 187th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Tiebout Avenue

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

West side of Tiebout Avenue

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 085 Great Expectations School
    560 feet
  2. D'Jesus Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  3. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    780 feet
Show all 10
  1. American Tour Management Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  2. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  4. Concourse House Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  5. Robt Fiance Hair Design Inst Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  6. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 2512 Marion Avenue Pre-K center
    1,230 feet
  7. P.S. 209 Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Webster Playground
    980 feet
  2. Bryan Park
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bryan Park Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bronx Baptist Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Our Lady of Mercy Church House of worship
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 7/Engine 48/Ladder 56 Fire station
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,300 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 31 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 187th Street or Tiebout 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.