Grand Concourse & East 153rd Street

Grand Concourse and East 153rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner is also named Msgr. Thomas J. McCormack Square by local law. It lies on the edge of the Grand Concourse Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Franz Sigel Park is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Grand Concourse/E 153 St · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
19 places
11 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Concourse & East 153rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    1,150 feet
    2 4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 153 St, 30 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 153 St Bx1, Bx2
    30 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walton Ave & E 151 St 29 docks in all
    930 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
66 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Msgr. Thomas J. McCormack Square, a co-naming enacted on April 10, 1995 (Local Law 26 of 1995).

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 151 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Msgr. Thomas J. McCormack Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 153rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 153rd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO SCHOOL FACULTY SCHOOL DAYS 6AM-5PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Grand Concourse

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO SCHOOL FACULTY SCHOOL DAYS 6AM-5PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 19 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco, and built between 1936 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Cardinal Hayes High School
    360 feet
  2. Rosalyn Yalow Charter School
    360 feet
  3. East Side House Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    680 feet
Show all 14
  1. Boys Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    780 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School II MS School
    780 feet
  3. Bronx Leadership Academy II High School
    950 feet
  4. Bronx Legacy High School
    950 feet
  5. Careers in Sports High School
    950 feet
  6. Kipp Academy Elementary Charter School
    950 feet
  7. Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls Charter School, the Shirley Rodrguez-Remeneski School
    1,130 feet
  8. Hostos Community College Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet
  9. Concourse Village Elementary School Pre-K
    1,310 feet
  10. Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls Charter School
    1,310 feet
  11. South Bronx Literacy Academy School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. New Roots Community Farm Garden
    160 feet
  2. Franz Sigel Park
    270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bronx Central Annex-U.S. Post Office Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Mott Avenue Control House (Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Subway Control: Thematic Resources Houses Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 153rd Street or Grand Concourse.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.