Gerard Avenue & East 162nd Street

Gerard Avenue and East 162nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Grand Concourse Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The sculpture “Louis J. Heintz Memorial” is 360 feet away, and the fountain “Heinrich Heine Fountain” is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about two minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
E 161 St/River Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
16 places
4 parks, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gerard Avenue & East 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    550 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, 580 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gerard Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gerard Ave & E 164 St 19 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1133 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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.

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
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of East 162nd Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 162nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING STADIUM EVENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Gerard Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201573 and 220140.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Grand Concourse Historic District.

Eleven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1925 and 1931.

  1. Concourse Plaza Hotel Designated landmark
    790 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Joyce Kilmer Park.

  1. Louis J. Heintz Memorial Sculpture by Pierre Feitu, 1909
    360 feet
  2. Heinrich Heine Fountain Fountain by Ernst Herter, 1899
    460 feet
  3. Triumph of Justice Sculpture by George Holburn Snowden, 1934
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All Hallows Institute School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    500 feet
  2. Joyce Kilmer Park
    680 feet
  3. Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center Park
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. Franz Sigel Park
    1,150 feet
  2. River Avenue Parks Playground
    1,190 feet
  3. Elston Gene Howard Field Playground
    1,210 feet
  4. Joyce Kilmer Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lou Gehrig Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Yankee Stadium Stadium or arena
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lowly Nazarene Baptist Church House of worship
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Supreme Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Mullaly Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    430 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    740 feet

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 162nd Street or Gerard Avenue.

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