Grand Avenue & West 176th Street

Grand Avenue and West 176th Street meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Galileo Playground is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 176 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
176 St
600 feet · 2 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Macombs Rd/W 176 St · Bx18A
Within a walk
19 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & West 176th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 176 St, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 176 St 4
    600 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Reaching Out For Each Other” (2006) by Juan Sánchez at the 176 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Macombs Rd/W 176 St, 660 feet away, for the Bx18A.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Macombs Rd/W 176 St Bx18A
    660 feet
    Bx18A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Tremont Ave & Grand Ave 21 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1764 University Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

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
109 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,500 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 1927 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 239 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 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
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 176th Street

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

South side of West 176th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Northeast Bronx Day Care Cntr Grow School
    480 feet
  3. Academy for Language and Technology School
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. I.S. 232 School
    690 feet
  2. I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service School
    690 feet
  3. B ' Above Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  4. Marc Academy and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  5. P.S. 204 Morris Heights School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Galileo Playground
    360 feet
  2. Davidson Park
    640 feet
  3. Dr. Thomasina Bushby Park
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    1,210 feet
  2. Townsend Garden
    1,240 feet
  3. Morton Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sedgwick Library
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Avenue or West 176th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.