Gerard Avenue & East 161st Street

Gerard Avenue and East 161st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 10,670 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. The sculpture “Loyalty, Valor and Sacrifice” is 390 feet away, and Lou Gehrig Plaza is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about a minute on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them parks, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
230 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
E 161 St/River Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
15 places
4 parks, 3 courthouses and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gerard Avenue & East 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    230 feet
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 161 St/River Av, 270 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 161 St/River Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS
    270 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

East 161st Street carries a bus lane, 7am to 8pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gerard Avenue.

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 161 St & River Ave 38 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 611 Grand Concourse Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 10,670 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 15th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 3,030 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1926 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 134 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 65 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Gerard Avenue (west side).

North side of East 161st Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 161st Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING STADIUM EVENT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Gerard Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 220140, 220620 and 220621.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Fourteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1925 and 1928.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Bronx County Courthouse.

  1. Loyalty, Valor and Sacrifice Sculpture by Joseph Kiselewski, 1934
    390 feet
  2. Triumph of Justice Sculpture by George Holburn Snowden, 1934
    420 feet
  3. Victory, Peace and Love of County Sculpture by Joseph Kiselewski, 1934
    450 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joyce Kilmer Park
    360 feet
  2. Macombs Dam Park
    390 feet
  3. Franz Sigel Park
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. River Avenue Parks Playground
    870 feet
  2. Elston Gene Howard Field Playground
    900 feet
  3. Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lou Gehrig Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    470 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Yankee Stadium Stadium or arena
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lowly Nazarene Baptist Church House of worship
    300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Supreme Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Older adult center at 900 Grand Concourse Older adult center · landmark
    1,000 feet
  3. Bronx Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Family Court Courthouse
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    160 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    700 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 161st Street or Gerard Avenue.

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