Gerard Avenue & East 168th Street

Gerard Avenue and East 168th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Evangel Revival Time Church is 500 feet away, and Grand Concourse SDA Church is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 167 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
167 St
820 feet · 3 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
E 167 St/River Av · Bx35
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gerard Avenue & East 168th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 167 St, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 167 St 4
    820 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 167 St B, D
    1,180 feet
    B D
  2. 170 St 4
    1,240 feet
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Bronx Reflection” (2007) by Carol Sun at the 167 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 167 St/River Av, 760 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 167 St/River Av Bx35 · Shelter
    760 feet
    Bx35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walton Ave & E 168 St 20 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    890 feet
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 377 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 168th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 168th Street

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

East side of Gerard Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Gerard Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Women's Housing and Ecomomic Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    60 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 218 Rafael Hernandez Dual Language Magnet School
    530 feet
  3. Aeci Ii: NYC Charter High School for Computer Engineering and Innovation School
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. Zeta Charter School – Mount Eden School
    720 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Bronx Debate Academy School
    1,040 feet
  4. Dream Charter School Highbridge School
    1,120 feet
  5. Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School
    1,230 feet
  6. Harlem RBI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roberto Clemente Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Keltch Park
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evangel Revival Time Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Grand Concourse SDA Church House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Post Office
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. 44th Precinct Police station
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 33 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 168th Street or Gerard 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.