Inwood Avenue & West 172nd Street

Inwood Avenue and West 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Goble Playground is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them schools, and 19 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
680 feet · 3 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Macombs Rd/Inwood Av · Bx18B
Within a walk
17 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Inwood Avenue & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St 4
    680 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Mt Eden Av 4
    1,310 feet
    4
  2. 170 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Views from Above” (2006) by Dina Bursztyn at the 170 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Macombs Rd/Inwood Av, 190 feet away, for the Bx18B.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Macombs Rd/Inwood Av Bx18B
    190 feet
    Bx18B

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 172nd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Plaza Dr & W 170 St 30 docks in all
    710 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.8 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 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 1941.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

East side of Inwood Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Inwood Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

North side of West 172nd Street

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

South side of West 172nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School - Bronx Mount Eden School
    190 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    500 feet
Show all 9
  1. Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School
    700 feet
  2. Mount Eden Children's Academy School
    700 feet
  3. Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School
    740 feet
  4. Family Life Academy Charter School
    850 feet
  5. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  6. Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Keltch Park
    490 feet
  2. Goble Playground
    660 feet
  3. Inwood Park
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 17 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Inwood Avenue or West 172nd Street.

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