Grand Concourse & East 159th Street

Grand Concourse and East 159th Street meet at a three-way junction in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner lies inside the Grand Concourse Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The sculpture “The Song of Achievement” is 80 feet away, and the frieze “Bronx County Building Frieze (30 panels)” is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about three minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Grand Concourse/E 161 St · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
14 places
5 courthouses, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Concourse & East 159th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    780 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 Grand Concourse/E 161 St, 60 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 161 St Bx1, Bx2 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Bx1 Bx2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 161 St 27 docks in all
    430 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. 611 Grand Concourse Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, 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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1926 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and June 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 159th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 159th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Grand Concourse

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Grand Concourse Historic District.

Eighteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1922 and 1955.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Bronx County Courthouse.

  1. The Song of Achievement Sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1934
    80 feet
  2. Bronx County Building Frieze (30 panels) Frieze by Charles Keck, 1934
    80 feet
  3. Spirit of Progress Sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1934
    100 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 courthouses
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All Seasons ABC Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School IV School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Franz Sigel Park
    350 feet
  2. Joyce Kilmer Park
    460 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lou Gehrig Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lowly Nazarene Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Supreme Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Older adult center at 900 Grand Concourse Older adult center · landmark
    610 feet
  3. Bronx Criminal Court Courthouse
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bronx Family Court Courthouse
    910 feet
  2. Bronx Supreme Court Criminal Term Courthouse
    1,200 feet
  3. Bronx Hall of Justice Courthouse
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 159th Street or Grand Concourse.

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, 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.