Hoe Avenue & East 173rd Street

Hoe Avenue and East 173rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Rock Garden Park is 730 feet away, and Hill & Dale Playground is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Boston Rd/E 173 St · Bx11, Bx21
Within a walk
25 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hoe Avenue & East 173rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 St 2, 5
    850 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Trip Up the Bronx River” (2004) by Daniel Del Valle at the 174 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 173 St, 810 feet away, for the Bx11 and Bx21.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 173 St Bx11, Bx21
    810 feet
    Bx11 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 173rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 174 St 27 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1931.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hoe Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hoe Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Fairmont Neighborhood School
    590 feet
  2. Samara Community School Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. East Bronx Academy for the Future School
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bard High School Early College Bronx School
    940 feet
  2. Bronx Envision Academy School
    940 feet
  3. Explorations Academy H.S. School
    940 feet
  4. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  5. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  6. Samara Community School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seabury Playground
    420 feet
  2. Rock Garden Park
    730 feet
  3. Rock Garden Park Playground
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. Crotona Park
    990 feet
  2. Hill & Dale Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. Bronx Sunshine Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Bryant Ave - East 174th St Community center
    960 feet
  2. Older adult center at 910 East 172nd Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 173rd Street or Hoe Avenue.

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