Grand Avenue & West 174th Street

Grand Avenue and West 174th Street meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Galileo Playground is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Mt Eden Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Mt Eden Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Macombs Rd/W 174 St · Bx18A
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & West 174th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mt Eden Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mt Eden Av 4
    1,140 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 176 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Procession of Folk #3” (2006) by Amir Bey at the Mt Eden Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Macombs Rd/W 174 St, 740 feet away, for the Bx18A.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Macombs Rd/W 174 St Bx18A
    740 feet
    Bx18A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Featherbed Ln & Jerome Ave 21 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,100 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 1925 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 425 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Grand Avenue

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

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 174th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 174th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Northeast Bronx Day Care Cntr Grow School
    990 feet
  2. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Featherbenches Park
    620 feet
  2. Galileo Playground
    850 feet
  3. Jennie Jerome Playground
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jerome Playground South Park
    1,010 feet
  2. Inwood Park
    1,140 feet
  3. Half-Nelson Playground
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 11 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Avenue or West 174th Street.

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